Thorburn is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Thorburn
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Thorburn

How popular is Thorburn?

Thorburn is common in Scotland.

Thorburn is ranked 52473 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Thorburns plummeted by 0.5537099 per cent to 898 since 2000 and slipped by 1345 spots and ranked at 27002. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.76 92.91
Hispanic or Latino 2.9 1.99
Black 1.78 2.21
Others 1.34 2.21
Thorburn is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 8980 people have been found who wears Thorburn as their family name. Thorburn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
184,212 France3
18,718 Thailand2
147,165 Czech Republic2
19,093 Finland2
28,083 Romania2
19,046 Ireland2
5,217 Zambia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
34,681 Norway2
1,005 The Gambia1
24,176 Qatar1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
37,493 Austria1
810,193 Indonesia1
20,172 Hungary1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
40,340 Malaysia1
7,292 Vietnam1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
52,947 Netherlands31
43,662 Belgium30
36,547 Switzerland27
11,685 Singapore24
86,938 Spain14
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Thorburn:
4,536 Canada988
831 New Zealand831
2,148 Namibia163
6,208 Sweden152
Countries with thousands of Thorburn:
4,433 England1,672
2,377 Australia1,307
5,369 South Africa1,205
25,895 United States1,183
774 Scotland1,070
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Thorburn was 50 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 25, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Margaret from Glasgow. Immigrant Mary Thorburn, Blacksmith Robert Thorburn, John Thorburn, aged 19, are other Thorburn that migrated to US.

Thorburn Namesakes

  • James Thorburn, Canadian physician
  • Cassandra Thorburn, Karl Stefanovic's wife
  • James Thorburn, Canadian physician
  • Nicholas Thorburn, Musician
  • Nicholas Thorburn, Musician
  • Ray Thorburn, Australian Politician
  • Christine Thorburn, Olympic athlete
  • Nicholas Thorburn, Musician
  • Shona Thorburn, Basketball player
  • Nicholas Thorburn, Musician

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