Thornberry Family History
Thornberry Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Thornborough in North Yorkshire
(Thornebergh in 12th-century records) or Thornbrough in
Northumberland and North Yorkshire (T(h)orneburg in
13th-century records). The former is probably so named from Old
English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + beorg ‘hill’; the latter
from þorn + burh ‘fort’. Other possible though less
likely sources are Thornbury in Devon, Gloucestershire, or
Herefordshire, which are all named from Old English þorn +
byrig, dative of burh ‘fortified place’.Possibly an Americanized spelling of Swedish Thornberg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Thornberry Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Thornberry families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Thornberry families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Thornberry families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Thornberry Family Origin
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