Thurston Surname
Approximately 30,807 people bear this surname
Thurston Surname Definition:
(1) Bapt 'the son of Thurstan.' Danish Thorstein, i.e. Thorstone.
Turstanus Machinator: Domesday.
Thurstan, abbot of Ely: Freeman, Norman Conq.
Thurstan Goz: ibid.
Thurstan, housecarl of Eadward: ibid.
Robert fil.
Read More About This SurnameThurston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21,149 | 1:17,138 | 2,172 |
| England | 4,319 | 1:12,901 | 1,906 |
| Canada | 1,858 | 1:19,831 | 2,763 |
| Australia | 955 | 1:28,268 | 3,839 |
| South Africa | 778 | 1:69,637 | 8,689 |
| Bahamas | 651 | 1:602 | 126 |
| New Zealand | 511 | 1:8,862 | 1,531 |
| Wales | 83 | 1:37,284 | 3,678 |
| Scotland | 77 | 1:69,530 | 5,379 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,101 | 1:11,602 | 1,768 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,021 | 1:10,002 | 1,282 |
Thurston (3,047) may also be a first name.
Thurston Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) Bapt 'the son of Thurstan.' Danish Thorstein, i.e. Thorstone.
Turstanus Machinator: Domesday.
Thurstan, abbot of Ely: Freeman, Norman Conq.
Thurstan Goz: ibid.
Thurstan, housecarl of Eadward: ibid.
Robert fil. Thurstani, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Thurstan de Torp, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Thurstan de Holland, 1313. Writs of Parliament.
Thurstayn de Cnice, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Johannes Thurstan, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
The omission of A was an early one.
Turstan de Brictewell, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
(2) Local, 'of Thurston, 'a parish in Suffolk.
Hervey de Thurstan, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de Thurston, Norfolk, ibid.
(English) belonging to Thurston (Suff.) and Thur(s)ton (Norf.), 13th cent. Thurston = Thur’s Estate [v. under Thor, and + Old English tún, farm, manor, etc.] William de Thurston (Norf.).—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Ric’us de Thurston (Norf.).—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1303-4.
Confused with Thurstan, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Thurstan (the stone of Thor, Norse god of thunder); one who came from Thurston (Thori’s homestead), in Suffolk.
1. A parish in Suffolk. 2. In some cases, perhaps, from the Teutonic name Turstin, which is found in Domesday as the designation of persons both Norman and Saxon. One Turstanus is there described as ' machinator '-probably a military engineer.
Local. The hill or town where the Saxon god Thor was worshiped by the Anglo—Saxons.
A location name in Lancashire, Norfolk, Suffolk.
The Thurstons belong to a very ancient Suffolk family seated at Thetford at the time of the Conquest (P.). Thurston is a Suffolk parish.
Thurston Demographics
Thurston Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Thurston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thurston Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thurston occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thurston? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,930th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 236,555 people. The last name Thurston is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Thurston live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Thurston is also the 130,830th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 3,047 people.
The last name Thurston is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 21,149 people, or 1 in 17,138. In The United States Thurston is mostly found in: California, where 7 percent are found, New York, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.
Thurston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Thurston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thurston surname grew 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 519 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 283 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Thurston Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Thurston are 10.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.37% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Thurston earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.33% more than the national average, earning 471,805 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.04% more than the national average, earning R 366,060 per year; in United States they earn 1.54% more than the national average, earning $43,815 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.09% more than the national average, earning $51,216 CAD per year.
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Thurston Reference & Research
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