Thackeray is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Thackeray
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Thackeray

How popular is Thackeray?

Thackeray is common in England.

Thackeray is ranked 116792 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Thackeraies grew by 15.54878 per cent to 758 since 2000 and ranked 30735 after elevating 2204 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.33 97.1
Hispanic or Latino 3.3 1.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.19 0
Others 1.06 0.91
Thackeray is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Guernsey. Around 3454 people have been found who wears Thackeray as their family name. Thackeray is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
14,054 China3
12,161 Wales2
993 Guernsey2
18,718 Thailand2
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
17,064 New Zealand31
52,530 Belgium22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
168,321 India94
11,021 Chile81
Countries with hundreds of Thackeray:
32,500 United States897
14,184 South Africa438
9,510 Australia295
14,400 Canada261
Countries with thousands of Thackeray:
6,060 England1,167

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Richard Thackeray from Ireland aboard the Ivanhoe from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 37 years old when he arrived in USA on May 13, 1850.

Thackeray Namesakes

  • Aditya Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray's son
  • Amit Thackeray, Raj Thackeray's son
  • Prabodhankar Thackeray, Indian Politician
  • Thomas Thackeray Swinburne, Poet
  • Bal Thackeray, Indian Politician
  • Jaidev Thackeray, Smita Thackeray's ex-husband
  • William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist
  • Raj Thackeray, Indian Politician
  • Bal Thackeray, Indian Politician
  • Prabodhankar Thackeray, Indian Politician

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