Thornham Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Thornham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thornham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1591:350,42825,285
Canada421:877,27667,671
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627

Thornham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thornham is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,038,570th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Thornham occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Thornham live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 350,428. In England it is most frequent in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 61 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 13 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Outside of England this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Thornham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thornham has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 201 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thornham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thornham surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

The amount Thornham earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 98.15% more than the national average, earning $85,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.48% less than the national average, earning $42,988 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thornam9357/
Tornham938/
Thorngam881/
Tornam864/
Torname8023/
Tharnam808/
Tornaim804/
Torngam802/
Thornom801/
Tornhom801/
Tarnham801/
Tornheim75246/
Tornamme754/
Ternaham752/
Tharnaim751/
Tharnnam751/
Tarnam7182/
Ternam719/
Tarnaum671/
Tarnnam671/
Ternheim6317/
Tarnnaum631/
Taruunnam591/
Tarnom572/
Tarnoom5311/
Tarnnom533/
Tarnnoom503/

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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
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  • 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 Thornham
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