Thorbe Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Africa

Thorbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India111:69,733,217610,955
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Thorbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thorbe (Marathi: थोरबे) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Thorbe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Thorbe reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India Thorbe is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Thorbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thorbe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorber924/
Thorbey920/
Torbe9191/
Thorbech8645/
Thorve831,150/
Torbet83821/
Torbee83590/
Thorby83470/
Torbes83354/
Torbey83341/
Tourbe8384/
Torber8330/
Tharbe836/
Torbed834/
Torbge834/
Torbeş832/
Torbett771,799/
Tourbez77636/
Tourbet77125/
Torbeih7727/
Torbeeh7716/
Torbesz7714/
Torbezz7713/
Torbeer777/
Torbeth773/
Tourbey772/
Tor'bey772/
Torbech772/
Tourbes772/
Torbeit771/
Torbets771/
Thoirve771/
Tourbie771/
Torbest770/
Torba735,615/
Torbi731,047/
Torve73767/
Terbe73430/
Tarbe73185/
Torbă7379/
Torby7346/
Tärbe739/
Torbé731/
Taharbeh716/
Tourba672,324/
Tarbet671,559/
Torbay671,299/
Tarbee67989/
Torbit67469/
Tarbei67376/
Tarbes67367/
Tharby67325/
Torbić67320/
Tourby67239/
Tourbi67191/
Törber67151/
Terbea67147/
Tarber67137/
Therby67110/
Terbee6774/
Tarbeh6761/
Torbis6753/
Tarbej6744/
Torbai6738/
Tarbez6725/
Terbie6724/
Tarbie6716/
Torbio6716/
Tarbey6713/
Torboi678/
Terbeh674/
Teurbe674/
Tahrbi674/
Terbei673/
Torbiz673/
Torbaj672/
Torvey672/
Terbey671/
Thornp671/
Torbaa671/
Torvee671/
Tourve671/
Therbi671/
Torboy670/

Thorbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thorbe in the Marathi language
थोरबेthorabe80
थोबthoba20

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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 Thorbe
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