Thurston is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Thurston
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Thurston

How popular is Thurston?

Thurston is common in United States.

Thurston is ranked 18234 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Thurston bearers increased by 2.118246 per cent in 2010 US census to 15234 since 2000, the surname slipped by 151 spots and ranked at 2385. The last name was found in around 52 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.88 85.8
Black 10.33 10.24
Hispanic or Latino 2.1 1.39
Others 1.78 1.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.42
Thurston is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 28651 people have been found who wears Thurston as their family name. Thurston is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
720,003 Russia4
10,542 China4
661,536 Indonesia3
35,789 Turkey3
46,068 Philippines3
1,219,338 India3
108,034 Italy3
4,104 South Korea2
631 Swaziland2
4,164 Vietnam2
40,064 Nigeria2
139,444 Brazil2
40,256 Mexico2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
20,186 Kenya2
35,969 Denmark2
6,353 Panama2
54,641 Sweden2
18,625 Japan2
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,314 Bolivia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
2,374 Bermuda1
165,773 Belarus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
174,544 Czech Republic1
120,357 Argentina1
8,859 Iraq1
6,212 Jamaica1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
40,340 Malaysia1
480 Micronesia1
5,553 Taiwan1
17,575 Kuwait1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
54,131 Spain34
8,504 Ireland33
9,620 Singapore30
21,901 Chile27
1,021 Malta21
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Thurston:
3,561 Australia860
97 The Bahamas684
1,466 New Zealand504
4,243 Scotland138
71,225 Germany134
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Thurston:
1,930 England4,141
2,676 Canada1,824
5,014 South Africa1,297
Countries with ten thousands of Thurston:
2,174 United States18,555
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer George Thurston from Great Britain aboard the Kalamazoo from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 14 years old when he arrived in USA on March 24, 1846. Robert Thurston, aged 12, Stephen Thurston, aged 51, Mary Thurston (27) Immigrant, Immigrant Edward Thurston, Biddy Thurston, aged 10, Mary Thurston, aged 8, Bridget Thurston (3), Mary Thurston, aged 30, Infant Pat Thurston, are other Thurston that migrated to US.

Thurston Namesakes

  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Scott Thurston, Guitarist
  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Johnathan Thurston, Rugby Player
  • Frederick Thurston, Music performer
  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Lloyd Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Benjamin Babock Thurston, U.S. representative
  • Ryan Thurston played central character of Cynic in 2005 crime and mystery flick Who Killed John O'Neill?.

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