Thurber Surname
Approximately 6,453 people bear this surname
Thurber Surname Definition:
(English) Descendant of Thurgar or Thorgeirr (Thor’s spear): dweller at Thor's grove.
Thurber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,922 | 1:61,205 | 7,172 |
| Canada | 474 | 1:77,733 | 8,736 |
| Panama | 23 | 1:170,098 | 5,250 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,562 | 1:32,150 | 3,869 |
Thurber (58) may also be a first name.
Thurber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Thurgar or Thorgeirr (Thor’s spear): dweller at Thor's grove.
Thurber Demographics
Average Male Thurber Height
177.4 cm
Average Female Thurber Height
161.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thurber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thurber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thurber occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Thurber click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thurber? popularity and diffusion
It is the 76,020th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,129,327 people. The last name Thurber is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Thurber live; 99 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,295,729th most common first name in the world It is held by 58 people.
This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 5,922 people, or 1 in 61,205. In The United States Thurber is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 6 percent reside and New York, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent reside and Panama, where 0 percent reside.
Thurber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Thurber has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thurber last name expanded 379 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thurber Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Thurber surname are 7.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.44% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Thurber earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.5% more than the national average, earning $45,091 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.73% less than the national average, earning $44,847 CAD per year.
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Thurber Reference & Research
Thurber FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Thurber
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