Thornbury Surname

212,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,938 people bear this surname

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

Thornbury Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thornborough,' Oxfordshire, or Thornbury, Exeter, Herefordshire, &c.; also Thonborough in Allerton Mauleverer, near Knaresborough, Yorkshire With the Yorkshire variant Thornber, compare the pronunciation Sedber for Sedbergh, in the same county.

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Thornbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1241:322,47229,379
Australia2451:110,18712,273
England1771:314,79123,605
Northern Ireland1231:15,0002,046
Canada1031:357,72432,292
Ireland521:90,5575,084
New Zealand511:88,79112,412
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Wales251:123,7819,267
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland501:88,5975,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2041:119,48711,415
Wales231:68,1923,286
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2101:239,13719,985

Thornbury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thornborough,' Oxfordshire, or Thornbury, Exeter, Herefordshire, &c.; also Thonborough in Allerton Mauleverer, near Knaresborough, Yorkshire With the Yorkshire variant Thornber, compare the pronunciation Sedber for Sedbergh, in the same county.

Ricardus de Thornbargh, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robert Thombrughe: History and Traditions of Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, W. Nicholls.

Robert Thoraeboroughe, 1541: ibid.

1575. Edward Thoraeboroughe, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Thornbury (Glouc.: a.d. 896 Thornburh, ‘tó Thornbyrig,’ dat.; Heref.: 'æt Thornbyrig ’, dat.— 'Wulfgeates Cwide’ [Will]; Devon, etc.) = the Thorn-Stronghold [Old English porn + burh, a fortified place] The Herefordsh. parish includes "Wall Hill treble-ditched camp.”

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) 1 Dweller at the Thorn-Hill [Old English porn + beorh, a hill] 2 conf. with Thornbury, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in cos. Devon, Gloucester, Hereford, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The name of Thornber was represented by Thornbur in Gloucestershire in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Thornbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thornbury occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornbury? popularity and diffusion

Thornbury is the 212,518th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,760,344 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Thornbury are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,124 people, or 1 in 322,472. In The United States Thornbury is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent reside, Kentucky, where 15 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Thornbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thornbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thornbury surname increased 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 13 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 104 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 357 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 109 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thornbury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Thornbury surname is primarily Catholic (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Thornbury last name are 24.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.95% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Thornbury earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.35% more than the national average, earning $45,028 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.56% more than the national average, earning $50,456 CAD per year.

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