How common is the surname Thurber?

4,232 people in the United States had the surname Thurber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,955 Americans. It ranked 7,825th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thurber?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thurber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thurber?

James Thurber, American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961), followed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.

Where is the surname Thurber most common?

Wikidata records people named Thurber in the United States.

Is the surname Thurber getting more or less common?

More common. 4,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,232 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Thurber

A surname, carried by 4,232 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thurber is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,232 people named Thurber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,955 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,089.

#7,825

rank among US surnames

4,232

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921
#7,821	Powe	4,233	72,938
#7,825	Sanjuan	4,232	72,955
#7,827	Holston	4,231	72,972
#7,829	Moise	4,230	72,989
#7,830	Poynter	4,229	73,007

Who is named Thurber

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

94% of people named Thurber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thurbers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Thurber
American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)
Rawson Marshall Thurber
American film director, born 1975
Delos Thurber
American high jumper, 1916–1987
Jeannette Thurber
American philanthropist (1850-1946)
Candace Wheeler
American interior designer (1827–1923)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thurber

Thurber has the Soundex code T616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T616.

Questions

How common is the surname Thurber?: 4,232 people in the United States had the surname Thurber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,955 Americans. It ranked 7,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thurber?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thurber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thurber?: James Thurber, American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961), followed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.
Where is the surname Thurber most common?: Wikidata records people named Thurber in the United States.
Is the surname Thurber getting more or less common?: More common. 4,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,232 in 2010, up 3.5%.