Thornbrugh Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Thornbrugh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thornbrugh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4451:814,51462,593
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Thornbrugh Last Name Facts

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

Thornbrugh is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Thornbrugh.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornbrugh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 663,740th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Thornbrugh are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 445 people, or 1 in 814,514. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Oklahoma, where 22 percent are found, Kansas, where 13 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Thornbrugh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thornbrugh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thornbrugh surname increased 2,023 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thornbrugh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thornbrugh surname are 20.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.05% registered with the political party.

Thornbrugh earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $42,947 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thornbrough95356/
Thornbraugh950/
Thornbroug901/
Thernbrugh901/
Thernbrough860/
Tornbrogh840/
Tharmbraugh760/
Thornbrook701/
Thornbrooke671/
Tornbrook631/
Turnbrook5310/

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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 Thornbrugh
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