Thurstance Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Thurstance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thurstance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1501:371,45426,286
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985

Thurstance Last Name Facts

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

Thurstance has its highest incidence in England. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurstance? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,428,594th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Thurstance reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 371,454. In England Thurstance is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 51 percent are found, West Midlands, where 23 percent are found and Bedfordshire, where 6 percent are found. Barring England Thurstance exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Thurstance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thurstance has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Thurstance surname grew 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thrustance900/
Thurstans84173/
Thrustans745/
Thurstons741/
Thurstens740/
Thorstens6312/
Thorsteins6011/
Thorstenso602/
Thorsteinso571/
Thorsteinsoh551/

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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 Thurstance
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis