Surname Checker / Thornton
How Common Is the Last Name Thornton?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Thornton today
92,970
Ranked #373 of 162,254 published surnames · 28.47 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 83,967 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
67.42%
Black
27.08%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.46%
Hispanic
2.06%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.