Thorn Name Meaning: An English name for a dwelling surrounded by a thorn hedge/bush.
A name given to someone who lived in a thorn hedge/bush settlement or who was named after a place named 'Thornton'.
Discover how your Thorn ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 47 |
Buckinghamshire | 80 |
Berkshire | 108 |
Cambridgeshire | 21 |
Channel Islands | 9 |
Cheshire | 24 |
Cornwall | 38 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 40 |
Devon | 280 |
Dorset | 17 |
Durham | 28 |
Essex | 287 |
Gloucestershire | 158 |
Hampshire | 315 |
Herefordshire | 9 |
Hertfordshire | 128 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 115 |
Lancashire | 66 |
Leicestershire | 2 |
Lincolnshire | 8 |
London | 948 |
Middlesex | 280 |
Northumberland | 12 |
Norfolk | 68 |
Northamptonshire | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 4 |
Oxfordshire | 23 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 10 |
Suffolk | 12 |
Somerset | 123 |
Surrey | 176 |
Sussex | 43 |
Staffordshire | 28 |
Warwickshire | 91 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 33 |
Worcestershire | 33 |
Yorkshire | 72 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 6 |
Glamorgan | 109 |
Merionethshire | 4 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 71 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 376 |
General Labourer | 35 |
Private Means | 32 |
Dressmaker | 25 |
Dress Maker | 24 |
Labourer | 22 |
Assisting In Business | 22 |
House Painter | 19 |
Domestic Servant | 18 |
None | 18 |
Clerk | 17 |
Farm Labourer | 17 |
Carpenter | 16 |
At School | 15 |
Bricklayer | 15 |
At Home | 14 |
Carman | 14 |
Laundress | 14 |
General Servant (domestic) | 13 |
General Servant Domestic | 12 |
Scholar | 12 |
Butcher | 11 |
Domestic | 11 |
Milliner | 10 |
Nil | 10 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Thorn | 2,073 |
Mary Thorn | 1,766 |
John Thorn | 1,559 |
Elizabeth Thorn | 1,336 |
George Thorn | 1,107 |
Sarah Thorn | 1,010 |
Thomas Thorn | 972 |
James Thorn | 933 |
Henry Thorn | 763 |
Ann Thorn | 690 |
Charles Thorn | 653 |
Eliza Thorn | 604 |
Jane Thorn | 585 |
Frederick Thorn | 441 |
Ellen Thorn | 423 |
Emma Thorn | 417 |
Joseph Thorn | 417 |
Richard Thorn | 390 |
Annie Thorn | 345 |
Alfred Thorn | 341 |
Emily Thorn | 326 |
Alice Thorn | 324 |
Robert Thorn | 304 |
Edward Thorn | 295 |
Samuel Thorn | 272 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Thorne | 83% | 48,701 |
2 | Thorn | 100% | 29,697 |
3 | Athorn | 83% | 1,243 |
4 | Throne | 50% | 827 |
5 | Eathorne | 63% | 708 |
6 | Athron | 50% | 282 |
7 | Thron | 60% | 227 |
8 | Thurn | 80% | 203 |
9 | Tharne | 67% | 155 |
The surname Thorn is the 2nd most popular variant of Thorne.