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The surname Thornell

A surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T654

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thornell is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,042 people named Thornell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is down 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.

#24,137
rank among US surnames
1,042
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-5.1%
change since 2000 (was #22,011)

Who is named Thornell

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

91% of people named Thornell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thornell

Thornell has the Soundex code T654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T654.

Questions

How common is the surname Thornell?
1,042 people in the United States had the surname Thornell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thornell?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Thornell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Thornell getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 5.1%.