Throld Surname

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

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Throld Surname Definition:

A Teutonic personal name of great antiquity, which has given rise to a family name very widely spread, and much varied in spelling and pronunciation, the principal forms being Thorold, Turrold, Tyrell, Torel, Turrell, Tourelle, Torill, Tourle, Turl, &c.

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Throld 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
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Throld Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic personal name of great antiquity, which has given rise to a family name very widely spread, and much varied in spelling and pronunciation, the principal forms being Thorold, Turrold, Tyrell, Torel, Turrell, Tourelle, Torill, Tourle, Turl, &c., &c., &c. It comes to us from Normandy, where Turold was one of the preceptors of William the Conqueror, and his Grand-Constable at the time of the Conquest. The name of Turold occurs upon the Bayeux Tapestry, designating one of the ambassadors dispatched by the Norman Duke to Guy, Earl of Ponthieu, and it is supposed that the Turold there represented was the Grand-Constable. Dawson Turner's Tour in Normandy, ii. 104. This celebrated man gave his name to the town of which he was lord and founder, viz., Burgus Thoroldi, now Bourgtheroude, a few miles S.W. of Rouen. In Domesday, we find a Gilbert filius Turoldi among the tenants in chief of the counties of Worcester, Hereford, Cambridge, and Warwick; while an Ilbert filius Turoldi, held a like position in the second named shire. Whether these were sons of the Grand-Constable does not appear. This seems probable, though as there are many tenants called Turold in that record, it is not positively certain. Under Essex, appears one Walterus Tirelde, who is by some supposed to be the Walter Tirel who shot Rufus. Morant's Essex, i. 244.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

THEROULDE: A French refugee family. The name is identical with Thorold.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
DNA test information
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Throld Demographics

Throld Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Throld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Throld is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Throld? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Throld are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Throld is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 100 percent are found. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 50 percent are found.

Throld Last Name Statistics demography

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

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