Thormählen Surname

326,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Monaco

Thormählen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thormählen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0961:73,4549,292
Sweden171:579,22142,433
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

The alternate forms: Thormahlen (440) are calculated separately.

Thormählen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thormählen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Thormahlen. For other potential spellings of Thormählen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thormählen? popularity and diffusion

Thormählen is the 326,350th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,398,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Thormählen live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Thormählen is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 73,454. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 47 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 28 percent reside and Hamburg, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Thormählen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thormählen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thormählen surname fell 97 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thormählen
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