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    The surname Thai

    A surname, carried by 11,644 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T000

    Thai: #3,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Thai #3,089, 11,644 people Thai: #3,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thai #3,089, 11,644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thai is more common than 98.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,644 people named Thai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,515 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,440.

    #3,089
    rank among US surnames
    11,644
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38%
    change since 2000 (was #3,864)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,080Sommer11,66226,474
    #3,082McHenry11,66026,479
    #3,083Cason11,65726,486
    #3,084Faulk11,65626,488
    #3,086Bigelow11,65026,502
    #3,087Helm11,64926,504
    #3,088Bull11,64626,511

    Who is named Thai

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

    96% of people named Thai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Thai

    Thai has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Thai?
    11,644 people in the United States had the surname Thai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,515 Americans. It ranked 3,089th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thai?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Thai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Thai getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,644 in 2010, up 38%.