Thor Surname
Approximately 20,847 people bear this surname
Thor Surname Definition:
(Scandinavian) from the Old Norse Thóri-r (Mod. Norwegian Tore), a derivative of Thór-r, the God of Thunder [Old Norse Thór-r = Anglo-Saxon Thúr (occasionally Thór), Thunor-punor, thunder] " Thórr er ásanna framastr”
(Thor is of the gods the foremost).
Read More About This SurnameThor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 11,625 | 1:982 | 195 |
| United States | 2,278 | 1:159,113 | 16,211 |
| Sweden | 1,835 | 1:5,366 | 506 |
| Malaysia | 1,511 | 1:19,520 | 1,846 |
| Germany | 826 | 1:97,464 | 12,136 |
| India | 601 | 1:1,276,315 | 50,343 |
| Denmark | 315 | 1:17,920 | 1,757 |
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Austria | 200 | 1:42,577 | 6,827 |
| Cambodia | 187 | 1:82,819 | 2,236 |
| Afghanistan | 175 | 1:183,732 | 3,593 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| France | 103 | 1:644,881 | 83,663 |
| Thailand | 78 | 1:905,620 | 141,791 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Iceland | 49 | 1:7,757 | 817 |
| Poland | 45 | 1:844,639 | 65,213 |
| Norway | 33 | 1:155,827 | 19,235 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Laos | 16 | 1:411,770 | 354 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Greenland | 11 | 1:5,125 | 525 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Thoř (36) & Thór (3) are calculated separately.
Thor (26,432) may also be a first name.
Thor Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scandinavian) from the Old Norse Thóri-r (Mod. Norwegian Tore), a derivative of Thór-r, the God of Thunder [Old Norse Thór-r = Anglo-Saxon Thúr (occasionally Thór), Thunor-punor, thunder] " Thórr er ásanna framastr”
(Thor is of the gods the foremost).
" Hamo Thor is mentioned in a charter of 1122 as holding half a bouvie of land in Alderney”.—de Gruchy, The Settlement of Norm.(Jersey Soc., 1911), p. 46.
Orm son Thore.—Pipe-Rolls, A.D. 1179.
Thor Demographics
Average Male Thor Height
174.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thor (Hindi: थोर, Marathi: थोर) occurs most in South Sudan. It can also be found in the variant forms: Thoř or Thór. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thor is the 25,820th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 349,573 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Thor reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 30,691st most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 26,432 people.
Thor is most frequently used in South Sudan, where it is carried by 11,625 people, or 1 in 982. Beside South Sudan Thor is found in 80 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.
Thor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Thor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 5,556 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Thor last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Thor last name are 12.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.43% being registered with the party.
The amount Thor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,364 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.96% less than the national average, earning $43,246 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoř | 92 | 36 | / |
| Thór | 92 | 3 | / |
| Thore | 89 | 9,335 | / |
| Thoor | 89 | 343 | / |
| Thour | 89 | 240 | / |
| Thorr | 89 | 214 | / |
| Thorz | 89 | 124 | / |
| Thorø | 89 | 25 | / |
| Thoir | 89 | 9 | / |
| Thuor | 89 | 5 | / |
| Thotr | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thhor | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thoër | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thorh | 89 | 0 | / |
| Tor | 86 | 58,911 | / |
| Thorød | 80 | 54 | / |
| Thoure | 80 | 52 | / |
| Thorøe | 80 | 51 | / |
| Thorre | 80 | 41 | / |
| Thoyre | 80 | 26 | / |
| T'Hort | 80 | 8 | / |
| Thoore | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thorph | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thorpp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thorpf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thourd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ththor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thorhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thuord | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thorrp | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thoorp | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thar | 75 | 31,212 | / |
| Tahr | 75 | 23,804 | / |
| Toor | 75 | 20,871 | / |
| Tore | 75 | 11,686 | / |
| Tuor | 75 | 7,268 | / |
| Torp | 75 | 5,516 | / |
| Tort | 75 | 5,515 | / |
| Torr | 75 | 3,910 | / |
| Tour | 75 | 1,662 | / |
| Torz | 75 | 1,205 | / |
| Toir | 75 | 696 | / |
| Torh | 75 | 614 | / |
| Tord | 75 | 150 | / |
| Htor | 75 | 12 | / |
| Thár | 75 | 12 | / |
| Tohr | 75 | 9 | / |
| Torø | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ttor | 75 | 5 | / |
| Totr | 75 | 3 | / |
| Toyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dtor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thorsås | 73 | 56 | / |
| Thorová | 73 | 21 | / |
| Thorova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toure | 67 | 1,029,155 | / |
| Torre | 67 | 58,747 | / |
| Tahar | 67 | 21,521 | / |
| Thaar | 67 | 747 | / |
| Tharh | 67 | 545 | / |
| Thare | 67 | 183 | / |
| Tourt | 67 | 114 | / |
| Tahrh | 67 | 92 | / |
| Tharr | 67 | 91 | / |
| Toire | 67 | 72 | / |
| Toore | 67 | 70 | / |
| Htour | 67 | 68 | / |
| Toyre | 67 | 40 | / |
| Tortt | 67 | 30 | / |
| Toord | 67 | 30 | / |
| Torød | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tohur | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tordt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Torhe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Theur | 67 | 15 | / |
| Torzs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tuore | 67 | 10 | / |
| Thatr | 67 | 7 | / |
| Toorp | 67 | 6 | / |
| Torpp | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tourd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tosre | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thasr | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tahrr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tourz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tahhr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taahr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tourr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dhtor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Torrr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Htorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tottr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thahr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahàr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torrd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tharz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tharø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahır | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toosr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torzh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torrë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tousr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tathr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tordd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tahrp | 67 | 0 | / |
Thor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thor in the Hindi language | ||
| थोर | thora | - |
| Thor in the Marathi language | ||
| थोर | thora | 99.76 |
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