How common is the surname Thao?

23,404 people in the United States had the surname Thao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,192 Americans. It ranked 1,536th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Thao getting more or less common?

More common. 15,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,404 in 2010, up 51%.

The surname Thao

A surname, carried by 23,404 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thao is more common than 99.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,404 people named Thao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,192 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,463.

#1,536

rank among US surnames

23,404

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+51.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,153)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,527	Dooley	23,481	13,149
#1,528	Pagan	23,474	13,153
#1,529	McGhee	23,461	13,160
#1,530	Post	23,458	13,162
#1,531	Montalvo	23,454	13,164
#1,532	Zhou	23,437	13,173
#1,533	Prado	23,436	13,174

Who is named Thao

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

97% of people named Thao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
Two or more races 1.7%
White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

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

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Surnames that sound like Thao

Thao 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 Thao?: 23,404 people in the United States had the surname Thao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,192 Americans. It ranked 1,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thao?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Thao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Thao getting more or less common?: More common. 15,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,404 in 2010, up 51%.