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
Average Male Thunder Height
175.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thunder Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thunder Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thunder occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Thunder.
How Common Is The Last Name Thunder? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 180,383rd most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,084,023 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Thunder reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Thunder is also the 109,890th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 4,032 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 991 people, or 1 in 365,751. In The United States Thunder is most common in: Nevada, where 27 percent are found, South Dakota, where 17 percent are found and Minnesota, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name 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 incidence of Thunder has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thunder surname grew 1,271 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 32 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Thunder Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Thunder last name are 2.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.72% registered to vote for the political 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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