# Thor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/thor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,823 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,197 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,368 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (2,225 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thor in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 61% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thor in Sweden, the United States, South Sudan and Belarus.

## People named Thor

- Annika Thor, author from Sweden
- Cameron Thor, American actor
- JT Thor, American basketball player
- Anastasia Denisova, Belarusian orienteer

## Similar surnames

Thiry, Toro, Toor, Terry, Thayer, Tyree, True, Troy, Tarr, Torrey, Tower, Torre.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.