Thornburg Surname

52,649th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,710 people bear this surname

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

Thornburg Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'towering mountain'. It comes from Scandinavian Germanic languages, anglicized throughout the Viking invasion of England.

ᚦ means 'tower', pronounced thorn. It is called thurisaz in Scandinavian runic or simply th.

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Thornburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,6501:37,5614,646
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6121:31,1533,757

Thornburg (10) may also be a first name.

Thornburg Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'towering mountain'. It comes from Scandinavian Germanic languages, anglicized throughout the Viking invasion of England.

ᚦ means 'tower', pronounced thorn. It is called thurisaz in Scandinavian runic or simply th.

Berg means 'mountain' or 'castle'.

- lagnar

Thornburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thornburg is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornburg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 52,649th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 750,520 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Thornburg live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name world-wide, held by 10 people.

The surname Thornburg is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 9,650 people, or 1 in 37,561. In The United States Thornburg is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent live, North Carolina, where 9 percent live and Indiana, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and Vanuatu, where 0 percent live.

Thornburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thornburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thornburg surname increased 599 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thornburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thornburg surname are 20.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.58% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Thornburg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning $42,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.28% more than the national average, earning $54,292 CAD per year.

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Thornburg Reference & Research

Tranberg DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Tranberg FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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