Thurnton Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Thurnton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thurnton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Thurnton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thurnton is found most in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurnton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Thurnton live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Thurnton is most frequent in: Iowa, where 40 percent are found, New Jersey, where 40 percent are found and Mississippi, where 20 percent are found. Beside The United States Thurnton exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 33 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Thurnton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thurnton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thurnton last name expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thurnton Last Name Statistics demography

Thurnton earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Thurnton
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