Thorp Surname

32,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,397 people bear this surname

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

Thorp Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the thorp,' i.e. the village, (a) Local, 'of Thorpe.' Many parishes, hamlets, &c, are so named in England.

Adam de la Throppe, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Augustinus de Thorpe, Somerset, ibid.

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Thorp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,7101:41,6145,105
England3,9281:14,1852,094
Australia1,8051:14,9562,124
Canada4531:81,3379,068
New Zealand3861:11,7312,035
Argentina2051:208,50417,193
South Africa1501:361,18532,866
Norway1201:42,8526,130
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Scotland891:60,1554,924
Thailand801:882,979139,249
Sweden551:179,03212,357
Panama451:86,9393,484
Ireland441:107,0215,562
France341:1,953,609166,012
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Ecuador141:1,136,13215,474
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Jersey81:12,4002,398
China71:195,331,65210,124
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Palau11:21,643223
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malta11:430,2723,380
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland691:64,2014,905
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,0431:6,029930
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales131:120,6475,000
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,0051:10,0341,290

Thorp (70) may also be a first name.

Thorp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the thorp,' i.e. the village, (a) Local, 'of Thorpe.' Many parishes, hamlets, &c, are so named in England.

Adam de la Throppe, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Augustinus de Thorpe, Somerset, ibid.

Warin de Thorpe, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1728. Married — Henry Chamner and Barbara Thorp: St. George, Hanover Square.

1729. — William Thorpe and Frances Fox: ibid.

1745. — John Throp and Mary Lunt: ibid.

1770. — John Throop and Mary Burgin: ibid.

1778. — Joseph Thrupp and Mary Burgon: ibid.

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

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Thorp, Thorpe = the Farmstead, Hamlet, Village [Old English and Old Norse porp] Warin de Thorpe.—Hundred Rolls The cok, that orloge [clock] is of thorpes lyte [little].—Chaucer, Parlement of Foules, 350.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Thorpe (farm), the name of many places in England; dweller at a farmstead.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

See Thorpe. The Thorps of Ryton, co. Durham, are said to be descended from Robert Thorpe, of Thorpe, near Wellwyke, in Holderness, who flourished in the reign of King John.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A village. Dutch, Dorp.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Village. (variant: van Dorp.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Thorp Last Name Facts

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

Thorp is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorp? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 32,471st most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 444,444 people. Thorp occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Thorp live; 51 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 70 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,710 people, or 1 in 41,614. In The United States Thorp is most numerous in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 5 percent are found and Washington, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 60 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Thorp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thorp has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 174 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 3 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 769 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 468 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 36 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Thorp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Thorp surname is predominantly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Thorp surname are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.7% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thorp earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning 438,181 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.98% more than the national average, earning R 349,272 per year; in Colombia they earn 73.4% more than the national average, earning $39,367,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.93% more than the national average, earning $45,709 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.75% more than the national average, earning $54,526 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorpe9177,134/
Thorps9170/
Thorph913/
Thorpp912/
Thorpf911/
Thoorp910/
Thorpt910/
Thorrp910/
Torp895,516/
Thorppe831/
Thorrpe831/
Thoorpe831/
Thorphe831/
Tharp8018,740/
Torpe80807/
Therp80114/
Thorb8051/
Torps8038/
Toorp806/
Torpp806/
Torpz800/
Tahrp800/
Torpt800/
D'Thorpe772/
Tharpe735,642/
Thorbs7375/
Tourpe7367/
Tharpp734/
Torpås733/
Torppe732/
Tharpt730/
Terp672,132/
Tarp67704/
Torpova6769/
Torb6731/
Torv6718/
Tharrpe671/

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Thorp Reference & Research

Thorpe DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Thorpe FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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