# Thurber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/thurber/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,232 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,825 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,955 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (4,089 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thurber in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thurber in the United States.

## People named Thurber

- James Thurber, American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)
- Rawson Marshall Thurber, American film director
- Delos Thurber, American high jumper
- Jeannette Thurber, American philanthropist (1850-1946)
- Candace Wheeler, American interior designer (1827–1923)

## Similar surnames

Torbert, Treiber, Thorburn, Turberville, Tarver, Travers, Trowbridge, Traver, Traverso, Turrubiartes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.