Thornhill Surname

29,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Thornhill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thornhill,' an extensive parish six miles from Wakefield, Yorkshire Thornell is a manifest variant. There is also Thornhill, a tithing in the parish of Stalbridge, Dorset.

Walter de Thornhulle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Thornhill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1221:35,8094,461
England3,8461:14,4872,135
Canada1,3591:27,1123,609
Australia7231:37,3384,889
Guyana4481:1,701302
South Africa4381:123,69314,598
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Barbados2711:1,061253
Ireland1891:24,9152,377
Trinidad and Tobago1781:7,6631,132
Scotland1171:45,7594,089
Wales871:35,5693,540
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Grenada321:3,392511
France311:2,142,668174,004
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Panama241:163,0115,136
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Isle of Man131:6,6021,513
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Guam81:20,0153,029
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Norway71:734,61250,907
Montserrat71:707123
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Dominica11:75,891912
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1551:28,5802,951
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8501:13,1761,989
Wales181:87,1343,963
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2471:40,2724,737

Thornhill (58) may also be a first name.

Thornhill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thornhill,' an extensive parish six miles from Wakefield, Yorkshire Thornell is a manifest variant. There is also Thornhill, a tithing in the parish of Stalbridge, Dorset.

Walter de Thornhulle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Willelraus Thornyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Leticia de Thornhyll, 1379: ibid.

1580. Robert Curtys and Katherine Thornell: Marriage Lic (London).

1661. Married — William Thornhill and Jane Terrill: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

John de Thornhille who had a protection while serving in Galloway in 1296 (Sain, II, 845) may have derived his name from Thornhill on the Nith in Dumfriesshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Thornhill; or Dweller at the THORN-Tree Hill [Old English porn + hyll] Thornhill, Yorks, the Domesday Tornil, was Thornyll and Thornhyll in the 14th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire. The family, who were there seated until the elder line ended in an heiress, 45. Edw. III., traced their descent from Gerneber, a noble Saxon, who possessed large tracts of laud before the Conquest. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Thornhill Last Name Facts

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

Thornhill occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornhill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 29,078th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 394,839 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Thornhill live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Thornhill is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 58 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,122 people, or 1 in 35,809. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Missouri, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States Thornhill is found in 60 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Thornhill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thornhill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thornhill last name increased 812 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 122 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,463 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 483 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thornhill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (81%) in Ireland.

In The United States Thornhill are 13.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.89% registered with the party.

The amount Thornhill earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.86% more than the national average, earning 394,051 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.57% more than the national average, earning R 419,592 per year; in United States they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning $42,473 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.44% more than the national average, earning $49,903 CAD per year.

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