How common is the last name Thornton?

77,910 people in the United States have the last name Thornton, about 1 in 3,836. It ranks #410 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

THORNTON

#410

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
77,910
About
1 in 3,836
This common or more
29.8%
Who bears it

Of the 77,910 people with the last name Thornton, 65.4% reported their origin as White, 25.9% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Thornton

#408 Ochoa · 77,931#409 Hardy · 77,922#411 Baldwin · 77,881#412 Pacheco · 76,943

Also a first name

As a first name, Thornton ranks #10,828 of 53,615, with 1,211 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 75 births. See Thornton as a first name

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