Thomas Name Study

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Thomas Name Study

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leader, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.

If you have any questions, contact one of the project leaders or leave a comment at the foot of the page. You are also welcome to post your Thomas family interests.

How to Join the Thomas Name Study

If you haven't already joined the One Name Study Project you can do that by answering the question at One Name Study Joinup Post. Then add your name to the Thomas Name Study members interests table below.

Members Interests

How you can contribute

Add or improve your Thomas profiles on WikiTree

• Create your profiles after checking for duplicates
• Add more sources
• Write a biography and add inline sources
• Check for any database errors (see the suggestions page)
• Connect your branch up to the global WikiTree

Create or improve other Thomas profiles

• Add ancestors / or descendants to the following:

Gwendoline Thomas

• Add profiles for famous people with the Thomas surname
• Merge duplicate profiles
• Write bios, add inline sourcing, fix errors
• Add categories

About the Thomas Surname

The name 'Thomas' originated back in biblical times, for instance the disciple 'Thomas'. In Aramaic the word Thomas means 'twin'.

Thomas is a patronym, one of the earliest types of surname. In the patronymic system a person was named after their father, eg Thomas, son of Thomas. The earliest patronymic surnames, like Thomas, used the name of the father without any additions. Later patronyms used 'Mac' or 'O, or '.... son'.

Distribution of the Surname Thomas

The surname Thomas is one of the 50 most common surnames in England and Wales. In Wales over 5% of the population have the name Thomas, but it is a most common in South Wales. Other places where the surname Thomas is prevalent are South West England, France and Southern India.

Thomases have emigrated all over the world, but especially to the United States and to a lesser extent, Canada and Australia.

Special Projects

There are no special projects yet. Possibilities for special projects in the future are Thomases who migrated, Thomases living in particular locations, Thomas DNA project, pre 1700s and pre 1500s research.

Sources

• Davis, G.'Research your Surname and Your Family Tree'. (2010) Published by How To Books, Oxford.

• Select Surname Website: Thomas

• Wikipedia: Thomas

• Forbears Website: Thomas

ONS Template

The One Name Study template below will automatically add [[Category:Thomas Name Study]] to the profile it's added to.

{{One Name Study|name=Thomas}}

results in:

This profile is part of the Thomas Name Study.

You can have it add a different category, such as Category: United States, Thomas Name Study, by adding a category parameter. (If you also wanted the profile to be in the main Thomas Name Study category, you would need to add it separately.) For example,

{{One Name Study|name=Thomas|category=United States, Thomas Name Study}}

results in:

This profile is part of the Thomas Name Study.

but adds Category:United States, Thomas Name Study instead of Category:Thomas Name Study