# Thaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/thaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Burmese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Burmese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 638 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,294 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 483,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | +56% (410 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thaw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 43% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thaw in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Thaw

- John Thaw, British actor (1942–2002)
- Russell Thaw, American pilot (1910-1984)
- Harry Kendall Thaw, American playboy (1871–1947)

## Similar surnames

Thao, Thai, Ta, Tu, To, Toy, Tew, Tai, Tao, Tye, Towe, Toohey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.