How Many People Have the Last Name Thurston?
people had the surname Thurston in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 19,380 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+316 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Thurston (84.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10.3%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Thurston ranks #1,782. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Thurston grew from 14,918 people in 2000 to 15,234 in 2010 (up 2.1%), and its rank fell from #2,234 to #2,385. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.53 to 5.16 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,918 | 15,234 |
| Rank | #2,234 | #2,385 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.53 | 5.16 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Thurston
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Thurston: T623
👤 Thurston as a First Name
Thurston is a first name too: about 1,723 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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