# Thayer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,625 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,186 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,571 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (16,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thayer 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thayer in the United States.

## People named Thayer

- Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (born 1960)
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, American artist (1849-1921)
- Maria Thayer, American actress
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer, American writer (1817-1897)
- W. W. Thayer, American judge (1827–1899)
- Brynn Thayer, American actress
- John Thayer, American sportsman and businessman (1862-1912)
- Otis B. Thayer, actor, Director
- Max Thayer, American actor
- Ernest Thayer, American author and poet (1863–1940)
- Eli Thayer, American politician (1819-1899)
- Emma Homan Thayer, American author and illustrator (1842-1908)

## Similar surnames

Tyer, Terry, Toro, Tyree, True, Troy, Tarr, Torrey, Tower, Torre, Trieu, Towery.

## 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.