How common is the surname Thaler?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname Thaler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thaler?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thaler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thaler?

Richard Thaler, American economist, followed by Erwin Thaler.

Where is the surname Thaler most common?

Wikidata records people named Thaler in Austria and the United States.

How do you pronounce Thaler?

Thaler is /ˈteɪlɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Thaler getting more or less common?

More common. 2,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Thaler

A German surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈteɪlɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex T460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thaler is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,237 people named Thaler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,063.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Thaler

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

93% of people named Thaler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thalers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Thaler
American economist, born 1945
Erwin Thaler
Bobsledder (1930-2001)
Helmut Thaler
Austrian luger, born 1940

Notable Thalers come mostly from Austria (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thaler

Thaler has the Soundex code T460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thaler come from?: Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.
How common is the surname Thaler?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname Thaler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thaler?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thaler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thaler?: Richard Thaler, American economist, followed by Erwin Thaler.
Where is the surname Thaler most common?: Wikidata records people named Thaler in Austria and the United States.
How do you pronounce Thaler?: Thaler is /ˈteɪlɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Thaler getting more or less common?: More common. 2,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 8.4%.