Last Name THURSTON

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Meaning	The son of Thurstan. Danish Thorstein, i.e. Thorstone. Another possibility is local of Thurston, a parish in county Suffolk. Local: The hill or town where the Saxon god 'Thor' was worshiped by the Anglo-Saxons.

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	2,234 (2000 US census)	2,189 (1990 US census)

Count	14,918 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.8%, or 12800 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.24%, or 1528 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 72 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 63 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.66%, or 248 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.39%, or 207 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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