Thurnell Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Sweden

Thurnell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thurnell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:1,857,26974,552
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Thurnell (28) may also be a first name.

Thurnell Last Name Facts

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

Thurnell occurs most in England. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurnell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,352,516th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Thurnell live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 45 percent live in British Isles. Thurnell is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 28 people.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,857,269. In England Thurnell is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 40 percent are found, Kent, where 20 percent are found and Derbyshire, where 13 percent are found. Outside of England this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.

Thurnell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thurnell has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Thurnell last name fell 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thurnell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Thurnell earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 54.59% less than the national average, earning $19,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.67% less than the national average, earning $45,874 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turnell93973/
Tournell8817/
Teurnell8813/
Turniell887/
Turnnell882/
Turhnell881/
Turneull881/
Thaurnel880/
Thirnell880/
Turnel8673/
Tourniell824/
Dturniell821/
Thornnell821/
Tornell80689/
Tournel80612/
Turnill80126/
Turniel8015/
Thurnil803/
Tirnell800/
Thornill7523/
Tourniel7511/
Toernell751/
Tiernell751/
Thornyll751/
Thornhll751/
Torniell751/
Tornnell750/
Tornel712,023/
Turnil71376/
Dtourniel7119/
Thornnill711/
Tornehl6726/
Tournil6713/
Thornil679/
Torniel677/
Toernel671/
Tornill671/
Tourniol6327/
Tournyol6312/
Tornil57230/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Thurnell
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