Thousand Surname

149,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,950 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Thousand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thousand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,9061:40,2854,698
United States4891:741,22558,038
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Tanzania1511:350,60725,844
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Panama431:90,9833,586
India281:27,395,192354,286
Jamaica181:159,4425,298
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Thousand (150) may also be a first name.

Thousand Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thousand occurs most in Iran. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thousand? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thousand is the 149,714th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,470,355 people. The surname Thousand is predominantly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Thousand reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 752,187th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 150 people.

The surname Thousand is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 1,906 people, or 1 in 40,285. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 31 percent live, Golestan Province, where 15 percent live and Mazandaran Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Iran it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Malawi, where 7 percent live.

Thousand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thousand has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thousand last name expanded 873 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thousand Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thousand last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Thousand earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning R 225,552 per year and in United States they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $45,248 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
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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 Thousand
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