Thumb Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Monaco

Thumb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
England421:1,326,62059,571
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
India121:63,922,115578,870
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Ireland71:672,70615,999
Wales41:773,63329,106
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Thumb (38) may also be a first name.

Thumb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thumb (Marathi: थंब) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thumb? popularity and diffusion

Thumb is the 786,896th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Thumb reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 38 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 2,353,629. In The United States Thumb is most prevalent in: California, where 26 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and North Dakota, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Thumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thumb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thumb surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thumb Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Thumb earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.84% more than the national average, earning $46,099 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.26% more than the national average, earning $51,304 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thoumb911/
Tumb89182/
Thumbsh831/
Toumb8065/
Tumbs8063/
Thump802/
Thimb801/
Thunb800/
Thumpe73181/
Toumbs73127/
Tuumbs731/
Tomb671,117/
Tump67458/
Timb67265/
Tumbova6767/
Tunb674/
Tumbowa671/
Thumphe671/
Tumpe60185/
Toomb6068/
Tumps6026/
Tiemb6025/
Tuemp604/
Thonb604/
Thunp602/
Tumpf601/
Taump600/
Toump600/
Ttump600/
Tumpp600/
Taumpe5552/
Toumpe5517/
Tounbs551/
Toumppe501/

Thumb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thumb in the Marathi language
थंबthamba-

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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
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  • 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 Thumb
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