Thombson Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Thombson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thombson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Thombson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thombson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thombson occurs most in Canada. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thombson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Thombson live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada it is primarily found in: Alberta, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Canada it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Thombson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thombson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thombson surname decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thombson
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