Distribution of the name 'Thompson'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Thompson' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Thompson'
In the UK there are 35.068 phone book entries with the surname Thompson and approximately 152.719 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Thompson is the 21. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 70 counties. Most occurrences are in West Yorkshire: 2.999.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Lancashire (2.020), Greater London (1.923), Tyne and Wear (1.894), Greater Manchester (1.382), West Midlands (1.360), North Yorkshire (1.229), Cleveland (956), Northumberland (896), as well as South Yorkshire (878).
The following surnames sound like Thompson: Timpson, Tompson, Tompkin, Thompsom, Tihompson, Thompgon, Thompsen, Tompiqn, Tempcon, Thampson, Tombieson, Thompsqn.
The distribution of the name 'Thompson' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Thompson in the counties
| West Yorkshire - The surname Thompson is is the 11. most common name - 2.999 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Thompson is is the 15. most common name - 2.020 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Thompson is is the 42. most common name - 1.923 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Thompson is is the 4. most common name - 1.894 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Thompson is is the 18. most common name - 1.382 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Thompson is is the 35. most common name - 1.360 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Thompson is is the 5. most common name - 1.229 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Thompson is is the 5. most common name - 956 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Thompson is is the 6. most common name - 896 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Thompson is is the 7. most common name - 878 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Thompson is the 19. most common name - 867 persons |
| Kent - The surname Thompson is the 36. most common name - 856 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Thompson is the 13. most common name - 839 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Thompson is the 38. most common name - 820 persons |
| Durham - The surname Thompson is the 5. most common name - 816 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Thompson is the 3. most common name - 771 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Thompson is the 39. most common name - 762 persons |
| Essex - The surname Thompson is the 34. most common name - 734 persons |
| Central - The surname Thompson is the 168. most common name - 656 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Thompson is the 28. most common name - 646 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Thompson is the 35. most common name - 644 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Thompson is the 32. most common name - 599 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Thompson is the 24. most common name - 580 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Thompson is the 20. most common name - 579 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Thompson is the 16. most common name - 560 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Thompson is the 25. most common name - 539 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Thompson is the 69. most common name - 525 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Thompson is the 15. most common name - 493 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Thompson is the 16. most common name - 481 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Thompson is the 44. most common name - 452 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Thompson is is the 24. most common name - 411 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Thompson is is the 40. most common name - 378 persons |
| County Down - The surname Thompson is is the 4. most common name - 370 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Thompson is is the 12. most common name - 337 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Thompson is is the 26. most common name - 296 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Thompson is is the 149. most common name - 292 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Thompson is is the 57. most common name - 285 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Thompson is is the 22. most common name - 282 persons |
| Devon - The surname Thompson is is the 61. most common name - 273 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Thompson is is the 46. most common name - 262 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Thompson is is the 141. most common name - 241 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Thompson is is the 47. most common name - 215 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Thompson is is the 51. most common name - 207 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Thompson is is the 84. most common name - 206 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Thompson is is the 5. most common name - 188 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Thompson is is the 43. most common name - 187 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Thompson is is the 162. most common name - 185 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Thompson is is the 19. most common name - 166 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Thompson is is the 80. most common name - 159 persons |
| Fife - The surname Thompson is is the 197. most common name - 146 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Thompson is is the 35. most common name - 142 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Thompson is is the 65. most common name - 138 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Thompson is is the 165. most common name - 133 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Thompson is is the 110. most common name - 118 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Thompson is is the 21. most common name - 104 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Thompson is is the 43. most common name - 88 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Thompson is is the 71. most common name - 84 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Thompson is is the 31. most common name - 73 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Thompson is is the 12. most common name - 73 persons |
| Highland - The surname Thompson is is the 169. most common name - 40 persons |
| Powys - The surname Thompson is is the 89. most common name - 35 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Thompson is is the 88. most common name - 34 persons |
| Borders - The surname Thompson is is the 83. most common name - 30 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Thompson is is the 178. most common name - 30 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Thompson is is the 83. most common name - 29 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Thompson is is the 46. most common name - 20 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Thompson is is the 69. most common name - 20 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Thompson is is the 27. most common name - 18 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Thompson is is the 48. most common name - 9 persons |
| Avon - The surname Thompson is is the 270. most common name - 8 persons |
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