Thurgar Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Thurgar Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Turgar' or Thurgar (Yonge).

Thurger del Childhus, Suffolk 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Pagan Thurgar, Bedfordshire, ibid.

John Thurgar, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Thurgar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2671:101,10711,415
England711:784,76142,668
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Wales41:773,63329,106
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089

Thurgar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Turgar' or Thurgar (Yonge).

Thurger del Childhus, Suffolk 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Pagan Thurgar, Bedfordshire, ibid.

John Thurgar, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Hugh Thurgar, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1801. Married — Christopher Thurgar and Charlotte King: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Thur-Spear [Anglo-Saxon Thurgar (= Old NorseThorgeirr): Thúr = Thór (v. Thor) + gár, a spear]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In Essex, the same as Thurgood, or Thoroughgood.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Thorgeirr; a personal name Comp. Thurgarton, Norfolk.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Thurgar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thurgar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Thurgar is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurgar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 791,719th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname Thurgar occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Thurgar live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most commonly held in Australia, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 101,107. In Australia Thurgar is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 84 percent reside, Australian Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Queensland, where 7 percent reside. Not including Australia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Thurgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thurgar has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Thurgar surname increased 134 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thurgar Last Name Statistics demography

Thurgar earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.03% more than the national average, earning $58,142 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turgar9263/
Thurggard880/
Thurgaard880/
Tourngar801/
Tirgar771,182/
Torgar7711/
Turgor772/
Touringar752/
Thurgoore750/
Tourgaard750/
Tórgarð7127/
Tirghar711/
Torgor6216/
Torgorz571/

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