How common is the surname Thorne?

18,738 people in the United States had the surname Thorne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,477 Americans. It ranked 1,922nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Thorne?

Bella Thorne, American actress and singer (born 1997), followed by Kip S. Thorne.

Where is the surname Thorne most common?

Wikidata records people named Thorne in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Thorne getting more or less common?

More common. 18,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,738 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Thorne

A surname, carried by 18,738 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thorne is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

An English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,738 people named Thorne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,477 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,222.

#1,922

rank among US surnames

18,738

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,913	Caudill	18,822	16,403
#1,914	Jacobsen	18,820	16,405
#1,916	Diehl	18,815	16,410
#1,917	Alarcon	18,805	16,418
#1,918	Hedrick	18,804	16,419
#1,919	Toney	18,787	16,434
#1,920	Cheung	18,765	16,453

Who is named Thorne

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

76% of people named Thorne identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thornes

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
Courtney Thorne-Smith
American actress, born 1967
Dyanne Thorne
American actress (1943-2020)
Dominique Thorne
American actress, born 1997
Callie Thorne
American actress, born 1969
Raymond Thorne
American swimmer (1887–1921)
Martha Thorne
American architect (born 1953)
Robert Folger Thorne
American botanist (1920-2015)
Ken Thorne
British composer (1924-2014)
Angela Thorne
British actress, 1939–2023
Stephen D. Thorne
American astronaut (1953–1986)

Notable Thornes come mostly from the United States (11) and the United Kingdom (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thorne

Thorne has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

Questions

How common is the surname Thorne?: 18,738 people in the United States had the surname Thorne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,477 Americans. It ranked 1,922nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thorne?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Thorne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Thorne?: Bella Thorne, American actress and singer (born 1997), followed by Kip S. Thorne.
Where is the surname Thorne most common?: Wikidata records people named Thorne in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Thorne getting more or less common?: More common. 18,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,738 in 2010, up 2.8%.