Thumb Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Thumb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 154 | 1:2,353,629 | 145,693 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 1:487,560 | 34,505 |
Thumb (38) may also be a first name.
Thumb Demographics
Average Male Thumb Height
177.13 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thumb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thumb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thumb (Marathi: थंब) is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Thumb click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thumb? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thumb is the 786,896th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Thumb are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Thumb is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 38 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 2,353,629. In The United States Thumb is most prevalent in: California, where 26 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and North Dakota, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.
Thumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Thumb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thumb surname increased 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoumb | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tumb | 89 | 182 | / |
| Thumbsh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Toumb | 80 | 65 | / |
| Tumbs | 80 | 63 | / |
| Thump | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thimb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thunb | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thumpe | 73 | 181 | / |
| Toumbs | 73 | 127 | / |
| Tuumbs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tomb | 67 | 1,117 | / |
| Tump | 67 | 458 | / |
| Timb | 67 | 265 | / |
| Tumbova | 67 | 67 | / |
| Tunb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tumbowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thumphe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tumpe | 60 | 185 | / |
| Toomb | 60 | 68 | / |
| Tumps | 60 | 26 | / |
| Tiemb | 60 | 25 | / |
| Tuemp | 60 | 4 | / |
| Thonb | 60 | 4 | / |
| Thunp | 60 | 2 | / |
| Tumpf | 60 | 1 | / |
| Taump | 60 | 0 | / |
| Toump | 60 | 0 | / |
| Ttump | 60 | 0 | / |
| Tumpp | 60 | 0 | / |
| Taumpe | 55 | 52 | / |
| Toumpe | 55 | 17 | / |
| Tounbs | 55 | 1 | / |
| Toumppe | 50 | 1 | / |
Thumb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thumb in the Marathi language | ||
| थंब | thamba | - |
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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 Thumb
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