How common is the last name Thurman?

22,239 people in the United States have the last name Thurman, about 1 in 13,440. It ranks #1,575 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

THURMAN

#1,575

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,239
About
1 in 13,440
This common or more
45%
Who bears it

Of the 22,239 people with the last name Thurman, 68% reported their origin as White, 22.8% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Thurman, most common first.

Also a first name

As a first name, Thurman ranks #3,744 of 53,615, with 5,342 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1920, with 361 births. See Thurman as a first name

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