Thornsbury Surname

382,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 930 people bear this surname

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

Thornsbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thornsbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8921:406,34435,432
England351:1,591,94567,242
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Thornsbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thornsbury is most common in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornsbury? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thornsbury is the 382,699th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,836,071 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Thornsbury live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 892 people, or 1 in 406,344. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Kentucky, where 31 percent reside, Virginia, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Thornsbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thornsbury has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 762 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 206 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thornsbury Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thornsbury surname are 20.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.65% registered to vote for the political party.

Thornsbury earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.47% less than the national average, earning $39,063 USD per year.

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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 Thornsbury
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