Thumerstone is a surname that may be pronounced as [ˈθʌmərstoʊn]. The initial "th" sound is pronounced as an unvoiced dental fricative [θ]. The vowel sound in the first syllable is a short u [ʌ], followed by an unstressed schwa [ə] sound. The consonant sound in the second syllable is an unvoiced alveolar fricative [s], while the following syllable has a stressed long o [oʊ]. The final syllable includes the unstressed sound of the letter n [n].