How common is the surname Thurlow?

2,354 people in the United States had the surname Thurlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thurlow?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Thurlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thurlow?

Lorraine Crapp, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.

Where is the surname Thurlow most common?

Wikidata records people named Thurlow in Australia.

Is the surname Thurlow getting more or less common?

More common. 2,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Thurlow

An English place surname, carried by 2,354 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thurlow is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Thurlow is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 2,354 people named Thurlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,316.

#13,042

rank among US surnames

2,354

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,311)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214

Who is named Thurlow

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

96% of people named Thurlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thurlows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lorraine Crapp
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder, born 1938

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thurlow come from?: Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).
How common is the surname Thurlow?: 2,354 people in the United States had the surname Thurlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thurlow?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Thurlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thurlow?: Lorraine Crapp, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.
Where is the surname Thurlow most common?: Wikidata records people named Thurlow in Australia.
What type of surname is Thurlow?: Thurlow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Thurlow getting more or less common?: More common. 2,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 1.6%.