Thornhill is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Thornhill
No. of characters: 9
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Thornhill

How popular is Thornhill?

Thornhill is common in South Africa.

Thornhill is ranked 29530 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Thornhill bearers increased by 2.97962 per cent in 2010 US census to 7327 since 2000, the surname slipped by 243 spots and ranked at 4817. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.09 82.49
Black 13.96 13.35
Hispanic or Latino 2.52 1.5
Others 2.06 1.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.44
Thornhill is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 17051 people have been found who wears Thornhill as their family name. Thornhill is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
4,384 Northern Ireland3
9,500 Ghana3
5,139 Bolivia2
3,014 Taiwan2
118,441 Germany2
1,777 Jersey2
1,333 Guam2
14,521 Portugal2
2,168 Suriname2
28,232 Morocco2
174,544 Czech Republic1
810,193 Indonesia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
318 Montserrat1
11,510 Oman1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
11,486 Estonia1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
2,196 Liberia1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
2,374 Bermuda1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
47,891 Norway1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
492,292 Ukraine1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
746 Dominica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
492 Grenada32
57,220 Netherlands27
699 Isle of Man21
75,986 Spain20
23,914 Denmark20
55,829 Zimbabwe16
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
4,622 Wales79
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Thornhill:
5,391 Australia553
372 Guyana372
249 Barbados240
1,017 Trinidad and Tobago199
2,468 Ireland180
57,437 France171
4,108 Scotland144
Countries with thousands of Thornhill:
4,486 United States8,918
2,447 England3,253
3,459 Canada1,355
5,715 South Africa1,132
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Thornhill was 50 years old when he migrated to Jersey during Irish famine on November 7, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Probus from Liverpool. 50 years old Mary Thornhill, Ann Thornhill, aged 20, 18 years old Richard Thornhill, Workwoman Nany Thornhill, Catharine Thornhill, aged 27, 29 years old Honora Thornhill, Thomas Thornhill, aged 25, Eliza Thornhill, aged 23, are other Thornhill that migrated to US.

Thornhill Namesakes

  • Michael Thornhill, Film producer
  • Sophie Thornhill, Cyclist
  • Sophie Thornhill, Cyclist
  • William Thornhill, Politician
  • Alan Thornhill, Artist
  • Jenna Thornhill, Actress
  • Claude E. Thornhill, Football player
  • Leeroy Thornhill, Musical Artist
  • Tisha Thornhill, Nathan Thornhill's mother
  • Marah Thornhill, Nathan Thornhill's sister

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