How common is the surname Thacker?

21,512 people in the United States had the surname Thacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,352 Americans. It ranked 1,677th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Thacker?

Charles P. Thacker, American computer pioneer (1943–2017), followed by Tab Thacker.

Where is the surname Thacker most common?

Wikidata records people named Thacker in the United States.

Is the surname Thacker getting more or less common?

More common. 20,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,512 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Thacker

An occupational surname, carried by 21,512 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thacker is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Variant of Thatcher.

Thacker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,512 people named Thacker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,352 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,531.

#1,677

rank among US surnames

21,512

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,607)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,668	McGraw	21,614	14,285
#1,669	Dahl	21,598	14,295
#1,670	Diamond	21,586	14,303
#1,671	Pimentel	21,579	14,308
#1,672	Cornell	21,558	14,322
#1,673	Arreola	21,540	14,334
#1,674	Siegel	21,536	14,336

Who is named Thacker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Thacker identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thackers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles P. Thacker
American computer pioneer (1943–2017)
Tab Thacker
American sport wrestler and actor (1962-2007)
Tom Thacker
American basketball player, born 1939
Eugene Thacker
American philosopher, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thacker

Thacker has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.

Questions

Where does the surname Thacker come from?: Variant of Thatcher.
How common is the surname Thacker?: 21,512 people in the United States had the surname Thacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,352 Americans. It ranked 1,677th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thacker?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Thacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Thacker?: Charles P. Thacker, American computer pioneer (1943–2017), followed by Tab Thacker.
Where is the surname Thacker most common?: Wikidata records people named Thacker in the United States.
What type of surname is Thacker?: Thacker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Thacker getting more or less common?: More common. 20,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,512 in 2010, up 4.8%.