Thin Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire	1
Buckinghamshire	0
Berkshire	0
Cambridgeshire	0
Channel Islands	0
Cheshire	7
Cornwall	0
Cumberland	0
Derbyshire	0
Devon	0
Dorset	0

Durham	0
Essex	0
Gloucestershire	0
Hampshire	0
Herefordshire	0
Hertfordshire	0
Huntingdonshire	0
Isle of Man	0
Kent	0
Lancashire	0
Leicestershire	0

Lincolnshire	0
London	0
Middlesex	0
Northumberland	0
Norfolk	1
Northamptonshire	0
Nottinghamshire	0
Oxfordshire	0
Rutland	0
Shropshire	0
Suffolk	0

Somerset	0
Surrey	0
Sussex	0
Staffordshire	0
Warwickshire	0
Westmorland	0
Wiltshire	0
Worcestershire	0
Yorkshire	1

Wales

Anglesey	0
Brecknockshire	0
Cardiganshire	0
Carnarvonshire	0

Carmarthenshire	0
Denbighshire	0
Flintshire	0
Glamorgan	0

Merionethshire	0
Montgomeryshire	0
Monmouthshire	0
Pembrokeshire	0

Radnorshire

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Thin Surname Statistics

Top Professions for the Thin family

Profession	Census Frequency
Scholar	4
General Servant	1
General Brokers Clerk	1
Governess	1
None	1
Annuitant	1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thin

Name	Census Frequency
Mary Thin	13
Elizabeth Thin	10
John Thin	10
Edward Thin	9
Isabella Thin	9
Annie Thin	8
William Thin	7
Robert Thin	6
James Thin	5
Julia Thin	5
Thomas Thin	5
Charles Thin	4
Eliza Thin	4
George Thin	4
Ann Thin	3
Catherine Thin	3
Fanny Thin	3
Joseph Thin	3
Sarah Thin	3
Alfred Thin	2
Harry Thin	2
Henry Thin	2
Jane Thin	2
Louisa Thin	2
Michael Thin	2

Thin Surname Variants Ranking

Rank	Surname	Match	Census Frequency
1	Thain	80%	2,912
2	Othen	60%	1,629
3	Thynn	60%	387
4	Thane	60%	346
5	Thaine	67%	337
6	Thone	60%	261
7	Aithen	50%	228
8	Ethen	60%	193
9	Thin	100%	179
10	Athin	80%	130
11	Athen	60%	111

Did you know?

The surname Thin is the 9th most popular variant of Thain.