How common is the surname Thurgood?

959 people in the United States had the surname Thurgood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 321,945 Americans. It ranked 25,701st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thurgood?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thurgood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Thurgood getting more or less common?

More common. 801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 959 in 2010, up 20%.

Is Thurgood also a first name?

Yes. Thurgood is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Thurgood

An English patronymic surname, carried by 959 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thurgood is more common than 84.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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”).

Thurgood is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 959 people named Thurgood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 321,945 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 801.

#25,701

rank among US surnames

959

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+19.7%

change since 2000 (was #28,142)

Who is named Thurgood

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

94% of people named Thurgood identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Thorogood

Surnames that sound like Thurgood

Thurston

Thurgood has the Soundex code T623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T623.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thurgood come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Thurgood?: 959 people in the United States had the surname Thurgood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 321,945 Americans. It ranked 25,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thurgood?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thurgood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Thurgood?: Thurgood is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Thurgood getting more or less common?: More common. 801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 959 in 2010, up 20%.
What are other spellings of Thurgood?: Thorogood.
Is Thurgood also a first name?: Yes. Thurgood is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.