How common is the surname Thrasher?

12,836 people in the United States had the surname Thrasher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,053 Americans. It ranked 2,807th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Thrasher?

Virginia Thrasher, American sports shooter.

Where is the surname Thrasher most common?

Wikidata records people named Thrasher in the United States.

Is the surname Thrasher getting more or less common?

More common. 12,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,836 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Thrasher

A surname, carried by 12,836 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thrasher is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,836 people named Thrasher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,053 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,535.

#2,807

rank among US surnames

12,836

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,651)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,798	Epperson	12,884	23,963
#2,799	Aguayo	12,876	23,978
#2,800	Beaty	12,869	23,991
#2,801	Ricketts	12,862	24,004
#2,802	Cheatham	12,852	24,023
#2,803	Lusk	12,847	24,033
#2,804	Mabry	12,846	24,034

Who is named Thrasher

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

85% of people named Thrasher identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thrashers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Virginia Thrasher
American sports shooter, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thrasher

Trager

Thrasher has the Soundex code T626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T626.

Questions

How common is the surname Thrasher?: 12,836 people in the United States had the surname Thrasher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,053 Americans. It ranked 2,807th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thrasher?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Thrasher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Thrasher?: Virginia Thrasher, American sports shooter.
Where is the surname Thrasher most common?: Wikidata records people named Thrasher in the United States.
Is the surname Thrasher getting more or less common?: More common. 12,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,836 in 2010, up 2.4%.