Thores Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Thores Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 52 | 1:102,958 | 6,964 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Thöres (25) are calculated separately.
Thores (26) may also be a first name.
Thores Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thores Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thores occurs more in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Thöres. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thores? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Thores are found; 72 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in British Isles. Thores is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 26 people.
This last name is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 102,958. In Scotland it is most frequent in: Aberdeenshire, where 60 percent live, Fife, where 15 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 13 percent live. Not including Scotland this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 7 percent live and Haiti, where 5 percent live.
Thores Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Thores has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Thores last name rose 867 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 78 percent between 1880 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Thores
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