How common is the surname Throckmorton?

3,238 people in the United States had the surname Throckmorton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,351 Americans. It ranked 9,964th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Throckmorton?

James W. Throckmorton, American politician (1825-1894), followed by Harold Throckmorton.

Where is the surname Throckmorton most common?

Wikidata records people named Throckmorton in the United States.

Is the surname Throckmorton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,238 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Throckmorton

An English place surname, carried by 3,238 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Throckmorton is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Throckmorton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,238 people named Throckmorton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,351 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,151.

#9,964

rank among US surnames

3,238

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,959	Boutte	3,241	95,262
#9,961	Brazier	3,240	95,292
#9,963	Hoggard	3,239	95,321
#9,964	Throckmorton	3,238	95,351
#9,966	Furlow	3,237	95,380
#9,968	Warr	3,236	95,410

Who is named Throckmorton

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

94% of people named Throckmorton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Throckmortons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James W. Throckmorton
American politician (1825-1894)
Harold Throckmorton
American tennis player, 1897–1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Throgmorton

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Throckmorton come from?: Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Throckmorton?: 3,238 people in the United States had the surname Throckmorton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,351 Americans. It ranked 9,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Throckmorton?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Throckmorton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Throckmorton?: James W. Throckmorton, American politician (1825-1894), followed by Harold Throckmorton.
Where is the surname Throckmorton most common?: Wikidata records people named Throckmorton in the United States.
What type of surname is Throckmorton?: Throckmorton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Throckmorton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,238 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Throckmorton?: Throgmorton.