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Thor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Thor RankingIn the United States, the name Thor is the 11,439th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Thor migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Thor Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johann Friedrich Thor, who settled in Philadelphia in 1743
- Johan Friederich Thor, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1743 2
Thor Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Franz Thor, who arrived in America in 1853 2
Contemporary Notables of the name Thor (post 1700) | + |
- Eric Thor Olson (b. 1952), retired United States Navy admiral, the eighth Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- Thor Helland (1936-2021), Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres
- Thor Hearne (b. 1961), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004 3
- Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982), American Republican politician, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65 4
- Thor Kunkel (b. 1963), German author
- Thor Pedersen (b. 1945), Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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