How rare is the last name Thurston?

14,482 people in the United States have the last name Thurston, about 1 in 20,639. It ranks #2,439 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

THURSTON

#2,439

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,482
About
1 in 20,639
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,482 people with the last name Thurston, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Thurston

1 other last name also has 14,482 people.

#2,439 Negrete · 14,482

Either side of Thurston

#2,438 Merchant · 14,486#2,439 Negrete · 14,482#2,441 Tinsley · 14,443#2,442 Beckman · 14,432

Spelled almost the same

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

#81,574 Thruston · 250#104,723 Thorsten · 182

Also a first name

As a first name, Thurston ranks #8,886 of 53,615, with 1,602 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 73 births. See Thurston as a first name

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