Thurlow Surname

62,260th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,064 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Thurlow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thurlow.' Great and Little Thurlow are parishes in Suffolk.

Matilda de Threlowe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Thrillowe. Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Married — Samuel Thurlow and Elizabeth Lowe: St.

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Thurlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1011:116,88512,594
England2,7811:20,0352,838
Australia1,0511:25,6863,495
Canada4581:80,4498,972
New Zealand2941:15,4022,688
Wales981:31,5773,178
Scotland731:73,3405,569
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Israel271:316,94927,106
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Ireland151:313,92910,911
France141:4,744,480251,814
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4271:17,0822,487
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4871:103,11810,416

Thurlow (369) may also be a first name.

Thurlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thurlow.' Great and Little Thurlow are parishes in Suffolk.

Matilda de Threlowe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Thrillowe. Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Married — Samuel Thurlow and Elizabeth Lowe: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Thurlow (Suff.: 13th-14th cent. Thrillow(e, Threlowe; for the metathesis cp. 'throp’ for ‘thorp’) = Thur’s Hill or Tumulus [v. under Thor, and + Old English hlœw]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Thurlow (assembly hill), in Suffolk.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Great and Little Thurlow are parishes in Suffolk. Lord Thurlow's family are traced to the adjoining county of Norfolk, at the beginning of the XV. century.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A branch of De Clare or De Brionne, whose arms, three chevrons, it bears. Robert de Clare, second son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert (descended from Richard I. of Normandy), obtained the barony of Baynard’s Castle on the forfeiture of its owner (See Beaumont). He had: 1. Walter, ancestor of the Lords Fitz-Walter, who bore a fesse between two chevrons. 2. Hamon Peché, or Peccatum, ancestor of the barons of Brunne, who bore the arms of Fitz-Walter; 3. Simon; 4. Ralph Peché; 5. Robert Peché, Bishop of Ely. Simon Peché or Peccatum Fitz- Robert possessed estates in Suffolk and Essex 1130 (Rot. Pip.), including probably Trillawe, Suffolk, which had belonged to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, his ancestor, in 1086. He was Baron of Daventry by his father’s gift (Dugdale), and had: 1. Robert Fitz-Simon, ancestor of the Fitz-Walters of Daventry, barons by writ 1292; 2. Gilbert Peché, who possessed estates in Suffolk, of which Trillawe being the chief, it gave name to the family. In 1199 he is mentioned as Gilbert de Trillawe (RCR. i. 229). His grandson Gilbert Peché (brother of Richard Trillawe, living 1280) settled his son John in the lordship of Plechden, Essex, 1274 (Morant, ii. 569); and d. 1292, seized of Plechden and Trillawe (Inq. p.m.). John Peché, or de Trillawe, his son, had: 1. Gilbert Peché, who d. 1322 seized of Plechden; 2. John de Trillaw, or Thyrlow, from whom descended the Thurlows of Burnham, Norfolk, ancestors of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, and of the Lords Thurlow.

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Suffolk.

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

The ancestors of the noble family of Thurlow of Ashfield, Suffolk, lived in the 16th century at Burnham, Norfolk (P.). Thurlow is a Suffolk parish.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Thurlow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thurlow is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurlow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 62,260th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 903,714 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Thurlow live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Thurlow is also the 452,461st most widespread first name internationally It is held by 369 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,101 people, or 1 in 116,885. In The United States Thurlow is most frequent in: Maine, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States Thurlow occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Thurlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thurlow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thurlow surname grew 637 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 817 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,825 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 17 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Thurlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Thurlow last name is primarily Catholic (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Thurlow last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thurlow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.4% more than the national average, earning R 336,012 per year; in United States they earn 2.01% more than the national average, earning $44,016 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $51,672 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thurlowe930/
Turlow9217/
Turrlow861/
Thurlaw860/
Thirlow860/
Thurloff8029/
Tourlouw800/
Turlov77294/
Torlow775/
Turlof775/
Turlaw771/
Turlova71358/
Turloff7143/
Turlyov711/
Thirlof711/
Thirlaw710/
Tourlova671/
Torlaw623/
Turlaf621/
Turlav621/
Torloff571/
Turlavs571/

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