Last Name THORNBERRY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Thornborough, county Oxford, or Thornbury, counties Exeter, Hereford, etc; also Thonborough in Allerton Mauleverer, near Knaresborough, county York.
Origin English, Native American, Irish

Rank 12,757 (2000 US census) 9,765 (1990 US census)
Count 2,220 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.58%, or 2144 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.41%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.95%, or 21 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.58%, or 35 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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