# Thurgood (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 959 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,701 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 321,945 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (801 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Thorogood |

## Etymology

From the Middle English personal name Thurgod, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Þorgautr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and the demonym Gautr (“Geat”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thurgood 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) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Thurston, Turcotte, Truesdale, Tristan, Trusty, Trost, Truesdell, Trogdon, Trousdale, Trickett, Truscott, Trostle.

## 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.