Thornwill Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Thornwill Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the THORN-Tree Spring [Old English porn + w(i)ella]

Thornwill Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Thornwill (2) may also be a first name.

Thornwill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the THORN-Tree Spring [Old English porn + w(i)ella]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
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Thornwill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thornwill is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Thornwill.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornwill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Thornwill live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 9,404,674th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 2 people.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is most prevalent in: Derbyshire, where 100 percent reside. Besides England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thornwell89149/
Thornbill891/
Thornuill891/
Thornwel821/
Tuornbil711/
Tarnwell710/
Tornbell710/
Tornbøl633/
Tuormbil591/
Tarnbell590/
Tahrnbeel561/
Tarnuel502/
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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
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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 Thornwill
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