Thurmond

English

Etymology

Variant of Thurman.

Proper noun

Thurmond (countable and uncountable, plural Thurmonds)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States.
3. A small town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, named after settler W. D. Thurmond.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thurmond is the 5841^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5922 individuals. Thurmond is most common among White (56.79%) and Black/African American (37.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thurmond”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.