Thore surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Thore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 243 people carried this name — #78,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 18% from 296 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 439 people named Thore.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Gers.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Gers 109
Sarthe 30
Puy-de-Dôme 30
Pas-de-Calais 29
Paris 27
Haute-Garonne 26
Vaucluse 19
Gironde 19

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 34 people named Thore live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

West Flanders 28
Flemish Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

145 people named Thore is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 145

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Thore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Léontine de Mibielle
    Léontine de Mibielle 1816–1861 · writer
  • Alexander Thore
    Alexander Thore 1866–1931 · politician
  • Sten Thore 1930– · professor
  • Sten Thore 1930– · professor
  • Susanne Munch Thore 1960– · lawyer
  • Eric Thore 1965– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Thore.

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