# Thurman (surname)

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

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,950 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,891 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (22,564 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Thurmon, Thurmond |

## Etymology

From an Old Norse personal name, formed by Þórr (“Thor”) + mundr (“protection”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thurman 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thurman in the United States.

## People named Thurman

- Uma Thurman, American actress and model (born 1970)
- Robert Thurman, American Buddhist writer and academic (1941–2026)
- Allen G. Thurman, American politician and lawyer (1813-1895)
- Keith Thurman, American boxer
- Mary Thurman, American actress (1895–1925)
- Wallace Thurman, American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance (1902–1934)
- Annie Thurman, American actress

## Similar surnames

Thurmond, Truman, Turman, Trueman, Tremain, Tiernan, Taormina, Tremaine, Traynham, Termini, Treminio, Turnham.

## 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.