How common is the surname Thaw?

638 people in the United States had the surname Thaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 483,927 Americans. It ranked 35,294th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thaw?

In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Thaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Thaw?

John Thaw, British actor (1942–2002), followed by Russell Thaw.

Where is the surname Thaw most common?

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

Is the surname Thaw getting more or less common?

More common. 410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 638 in 2010, up 56%.

The surname Thaw

A Burmese surname, carried by 638 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). Thaw is more common than 78.2% of them.

Origin

Burmese origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 638 people named Thaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 483,927 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 410.

#35,294

rank among US surnames

638

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+55.6%

change since 2000 (was #48,380)

Who is named Thaw

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

45% of people named Thaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 45%
Asian and Pacific Islander 43%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thaws

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Thaws come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thaw

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

Questions

Where does the surname Thaw come from?: Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.
How common is the surname Thaw?: 638 people in the United States had the surname Thaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 483,927 Americans. It ranked 35,294th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thaw?: In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Thaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Thaw?: John Thaw, British actor (1942–2002), followed by Russell Thaw.
Where is the surname Thaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Thaw in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Thaw getting more or less common?: More common. 410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 638 in 2010, up 56%.