Thornely Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Thornely Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Thornley; or Dweller at the Thorn-Lea [Old English pom + leáh (Middle English ley, lay] But the 13th-cent. forms of the Lanc.

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Thornely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1231:452,99229,924
Australia1001:269,95724,430
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Wales51:618,90625,852
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Thornely Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Thornley; or Dweller at the Thorn-Lea [Old English pom + leáh (Middle English ley, lay] But the 13th-cent. forms of the Lanc. Thornley, Thornedelegh and Thornedeley, show that the meaning here is Thorn- Head Lea [Old English heáfod, head, high ground, upper part]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

Members of the Thornley family also went to Jamaica. Richard and Ralph Bower (christening record says Boore) Thornley, sons of Captain Thomas Thornley (Thorneley) of Glossop, who eventually moved to Ireland, went to Jamaica and settled in the paris of Vere. Ralph died without issue. Ralph has many descendants. Most of have migrated to the US and Canada and some migrated to England in the 1800s

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Thornely Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thornely is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Thornely.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornely? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,001,271st most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Thornely are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 51 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 452,992. In England it is primarily found in: East Sussex, where 16 percent live, West Sussex, where 9 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 9 percent live. Other than England this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Thornely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thornely has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 251 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 54 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thornely Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thornely surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Thornely earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.

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