Thompsons Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Thompsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thompsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Thompsons (12) may also be a first name.

Thompsons Last Name Facts

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

Thompsons occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Thompsons.

How Common Is The Last Name Thompsons? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Thompsons live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent are found, North Carolina, where 13 percent are found and Utah, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.

Thompsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thompsons has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thompsons last name declined 43 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thompsons Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (80%) in Ireland.

Thompsons earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

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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 Thompsons
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