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    The surname Thoreson

    A surname, carried by 2,397 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T625

    Thoreson: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Thoreson #12,842, 2,397 people Thoreson: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thoreson #12,842, 2,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thoreson is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,397 people named Thoreson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,362.

    #12,842
    rank among US surnames
    2,397
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,107)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,833Vinci2,400128,644
    #12,835Digirolamo2,399128,698
    #12,837Perreira2,398128,751
    #12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859

    Who is named Thoreson

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

    95% of people named Thoreson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thoreson

    Thoreson has the Soundex code T625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Thoreson?
    2,397 people in the United States had the surname Thoreson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. It ranked 12,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thoreson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thoreson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Thoreson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,397 in 2010, up 1.5%.