Thornston Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Thornston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thornston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Thornston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thornston occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Thornston click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornston? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Thornston occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Thornston reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Thornston is mostly concentrated in: California, where 67 percent live, New York, where 17 percent live and Ohio, where 17 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Thornston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thornston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thornston surname decreased 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thornston Last Name Statistics demography

Thornston earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.54% less than the national average, earning $26,950 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Thornston
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