Thunder Surname

180,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

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.

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Thunder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9911:365,75132,523
Canada3241:113,72112,112
Iran2441:314,68221,905
India1521:5,046,483126,094
England1471:379,03426,619
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Ireland591:79,8134,719
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Afghanistan431:747,7488,015
Australia421:642,75544,739
China401:34,183,0391,815
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
France31:22,140,907385,998
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Belize21:177,7373,502
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland871:50,9184,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:316,56320,927
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

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.

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thounder932/
Tunder92306/
Tuinder86375/
Tuynder8632/
Tounder862/
Thumder861/
Taunder861/
Tuijnder8013/
Tonder771,606/
Tünder7732/
Tundre7712/
Tundér771/
Tunderová7523/
Tunderova758/
Toonder7186/
Toender7111/
Tondair573/

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