Thorten Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Thorten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Thorten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thorten is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Thorten click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Thorten occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Thorten are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is most numerous in: West Virginia, where 25 percent reside, Arkansas, where 13 percent reside and California, where 13 percent reside.

Thorten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thorten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 53 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorten Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Thorten earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.37% less than the national average, earning $25,300 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorthen930/
Torten9236/
Thortin865/
Tharten860/
Tarten7757/
Terten7714/
Tortin7710/
Tortem771/
Thordting751/
Tourtin71106/
Tortyna7179/
Tortina715/
Tarteng714/
Thartin711/
Tortion710/
Tordting674/
Tartn671/
Tartengh671/
Tortinck671/
Tartenova634/
Tortinova632/
Tartin62111/
Tertin6231/
Terteń6210/
Tartyn623/
Tartina57145/
Tarting5725/
Tartyna577/
Tartion571/
Terttin571/
Tarthen570/
Tartynova5034/
Tartinova501/

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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 Thorten
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