Thunder Surname
Approximately 2,363 people bear this surname
Thunder Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tunder,' an American imitative corruption; compare Thring with Tring and Thrower with Trower. Nevertheless, this same corruption is found in English registers; v. Tunder and Tunneler.
1660.
Read More About This SurnameThunder Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 991 | 1:365,751 | 32,523 |
| Canada | 324 | 1:113,721 | 12,112 |
| Iran | 244 | 1:314,682 | 21,905 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ireland | 59 | 1:79,813 | 4,719 |
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Afghanistan | 43 | 1:747,748 | 8,015 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 87 | 1:50,918 | 4,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 77 | 1:316,563 | 20,927 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Thunder (4,032) may also be a first name.
Thunder Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tunder,' an American imitative corruption; compare Thring with Tring and Thrower with Trower. Nevertheless, this same corruption is found in English registers; v. Tunder and Tunneler.
1660. Baptised — Honour, d. Pattnoe (sic) Thunder: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1800. Married — Valentine Riviere and Henrietta Thunder (Buckinghamshire): St. George, Hanover Square.
1801. — Gregory Staples and Mary Thunder: ibid.
An alias of Thor, the Jupiter-Tonans of Northern mythology, in Anglo-Saxon Thuner, Thunor, or Thunder; whence our day of the week ' Thunresdaeg,' now contracted to Thursday. The name of the god became a personal name of men; e.g. Roger of Windover, under A.D. 654, mentions an Anglo-Saxon called Thuner, whom he styles a "limb of the devil." Ferguson. On the South Downs near Brighton is a tumulus traditionally known as Thunder's Barrow, probably the grave of a Teutonic chieftain. Thunder's Hill, at Chiddingly, co. Sussex, derives its name from a family who dwelt there in the XVII. century.
Thunder Demographics
Thunder Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Thunder Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thunder Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thunder is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Thunder.
How Common Is The Last Name Thunder? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 180,383rd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,084,023 people. Thunder is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Thunder are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 109,890th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 4,032 people.
Thunder is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 365,751. In The United States Thunder is primarily concentrated in: Nevada, where 27 percent are found, South Dakota, where 17 percent are found and Minnesota, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 60 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Iran, where 10 percent are found.
Thunder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Thunder has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thunder last name grew 1,271 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 32 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Thunder Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Thunder surname is chiefly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States Thunder are 2.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.72% being registered with the party.
The amount Thunder earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.75% more than the national average, earning R 453,300 per year; in United States they earn 27.21% less than the national average, earning $31,410 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.57% less than the national average, earning $37,476 CAD per year.
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