How common is the surname Thorburn?

898 people in the United States had the surname Thorburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 343,815 Americans. It ranked 27,002nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thorburn?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thorburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Thorburn getting more or less common?

Less common. 903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 898 in 2010, down 0.6%.

Is Thorburn also a first name?

Yes. Thorburn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Thorburn

A Norse patronymic surname, carried by 898 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thorburn is more common than 83.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From a Northern Middle English personal name Thorbern, Thurbern, from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and bjǫrn (“bear”).

Thorburn is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 898 people named Thorburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 343,815 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 903.

#27,002

rank among US surnames

898

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #25,657)

Who is named Thorburn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Thorburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Thurbon
Thurlbourn

Surnames that sound like Thorburn

Thurber

Thorburn has the Soundex code T616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T616.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thorburn come from?: From a Northern Middle English personal name Thorbern, Thurbern, from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and bjǫrn (“bear”).
How common is the surname Thorburn?: 898 people in the United States had the surname Thorburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 343,815 Americans. It ranked 27,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thorburn?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thorburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Thorburn?: Thorburn is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Thorburn getting more or less common?: Less common. 903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 898 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Thorburn?: Thurbon and Thurlbourn.
Is Thorburn also a first name?: Yes. Thorburn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.