How Many People Have the Last Name Thornton?
people had the surname Thornton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,512 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,776 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Thornton (67.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 27.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Thornton ranks #272. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Thornton grew from 81,191 people in 2000 to 83,967 in 2010 (up 3.4%), and its rank fell from #347 to #373. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 30.1 to 28.47 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 81,191 | 83,967 |
| Rank | #347 | #373 |
| Per 100,000 people | 30.1 | 28.47 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Thornton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Thornton: T653
👤 Thornton as a First Name
Thornton is a first name too: about 1,149 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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