Thorsness Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

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

Thorsness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorsness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2411:1,503,979102,346
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Thorsness Last Name Facts

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

Thorsness occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorsness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 980,795th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Thorsness occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Thorsness live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 1,503,979. In The United States it is primarily found in: Washington, where 14 percent reside, North Dakota, where 13 percent reside and Minnesota, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States Thorsness exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Thorsness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thorsness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Thorsness surname rose 2,410 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorsness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thorsness last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thorsness earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $43,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $49,743 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorsnes94246/
Torsnes88139/
Thorsner825/
Thorsnep820/
Torsne8011/
Torsney75398/
Torsner7522/
Thorjne751/
Torsny670/
Torschner670/
Tarsney6377/
Tahrsna631/
Torsnay630/
Tharschner630/
Tarshner590/
Tarsni538/
Tarsna533/
Tarsnay500/

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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 Thorsness
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