How common is the surname Thrower?

4,938 people in the United States had the surname Thrower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,524 Americans. It ranked 6,828th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Thrower?

Norma Thrower, Australian hurdler.

Where is the surname Thrower most common?

Wikidata records people named Thrower in Australia.

Is the surname Thrower getting more or less common?

More common. 4,801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,938 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Thrower

A surname, carried by 4,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thrower is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,938 people named Thrower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,524 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,801.

#6,828

rank among US surnames

4,938

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,518)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,823	Brace	4,943	62,461
#6,824	Tighe	4,942	62,474
#6,825	Music	4,940	62,499
#6,828	Thrower	4,938	62,524

Who is named Thrower

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

56% of people named Thrower identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Throwers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norma Thrower
Australian hurdler, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thrower

Thrower has the Soundex code T660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T660.

Questions

How common is the surname Thrower?: 4,938 people in the United States had the surname Thrower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,524 Americans. It ranked 6,828th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thrower?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Thrower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Thrower?: Norma Thrower, Australian hurdler.
Where is the surname Thrower most common?: Wikidata records people named Thrower in Australia.
Is the surname Thrower getting more or less common?: More common. 4,801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,938 in 2010, up 2.9%.