Thrower Surname

53,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Thrower Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thrower,' a thread or silk winder, one who throws thread. It is almost certain that Trower is a corrupted form of Thrower; compare Thring and Tring (v. Thunder for a reverse corruption).

John Thrower, rector of Flordon, Norfolk, 1418: History of Norfolk.

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Thrower Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6061:54,8686,543
England2,2111:25,2003,460
Canada3021:122,00512,798
Australia2421:111,55212,427
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
Scotland331:162,2379,329
Wales221:140,66110,115
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Panama91:434,6958,518
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9501:25,6583,526
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6351:79,0858,354

Thrower (17) may also be a first name.

Thrower Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thrower,' a thread or silk winder, one who throws thread. It is almost certain that Trower is a corrupted form of Thrower; compare Thring and Tring (v. Thunder for a reverse corruption).

John Thrower, rector of Flordon, Norfolk, 1418: History of Norfolk.

Clemens Thrower, Close Rolls, 28 Henry VII. pt.

1774. Married — Thomas Thrower and Elizabeth Philby: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Thread - Thrower (in textile-manuf.); Potter; Turner [from Old English práwan, to twist, turn, throw] The turner’s lathe and the potter’s wheel are still called a 'throw’.

Hardly Old English þrowere, ‘ martyr’.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The masculine of throwster, a woman that throws or winds silk or thread. Anglo-Saxon thrawan, to wind or twist.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

One that twists or winds silk; from Anglo-Saxon thrawan, to twist, turn, curl, throw, &c.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Thrower: a silkwinder; hence Trower .

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

The name of Thrower is said to be the masculine form of "throwster," a woman who winds or throws silk (L.) A person of this name was buried in St. Edmund's church, Norwich, in 1681, and the name is still in that city; the mayor of Yarmouth in 1650, and the bailiff of the same town in 1582, were thus named (Bl.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Thrower Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thrower is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Thrower.

How Common Is The Last Name Thrower? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 53,422nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 762,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Thrower live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Thrower is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 17 people.

Thrower is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 6,606 people, or 1 in 54,868. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, North Carolina, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 37 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Thrower Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thrower has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thrower surname rose 1,040 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 233 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Thrower Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Thrower surname are 13.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.38% registered with the party.

The amount Thrower earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.06% less than the national average, earning $40,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $51,370 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Throwier931/
Throower930/
Trower924,482/
Throer921/
Throber862/
Trowear861/
Throver860/
Threwer860/
Troer838/
Troyer7713,969/
Trojer771,630/
Trover77414/
Trober7795/
Troier7730/
Trewer7721/
Trouer773/
Trawer773/
Threar770/
Thruer770/
Throur770/
Troiber71100/
Trohear7152/
Threard7115/
Thrierr717/
Trouver714/
Trawere713/
Trawert712/
Trawier712/
Trogger712/
Threuer711/
Trouber710/
Trouyer710/
Threyre710/
Treyoer710/
Trier673,261/
Treur671,022/
Traer67325/
Treer67265/
Tryer67105/
Truer6778/
Trear6755/
Trouvere674/
Treir673/
Traouere672/
Threattr671/
Thraveer670/

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