How common is the surname Thayer?

16,625 people in the United States had the surname Thayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,571 Americans. It ranked 2,186th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thayer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thayer?

Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (born 1960), followed by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

Where is the surname Thayer most common?

Wikidata records people named Thayer in the United States.

Is the surname Thayer getting more or less common?

More common. 16,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,625 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Thayer

A surname, carried by 16,625 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thayer is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,625 people named Thayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,571 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,496.

#2,186

rank among US surnames

16,625

people in 2010

5.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,014)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,177	Purvis	16,686	18,503
#2,179	Acuna	16,683	18,507
#2,180	Ulrich	16,668	18,523
#2,181	Chau	16,667	18,524
#2,182	German	16,661	18,531
#2,183	Schulte	16,658	18,534
#2,184	Conroy	16,651	18,542

Who is named Thayer

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

93% of people named Thayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thayers

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tommy Thayer
American guitarist (born 1960)
Abbott Handerson Thayer
American artist (1849-1921)
Maria Thayer
American actress, born 1975
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
American writer (1817-1897)
W. W. Thayer
American judge (1827–1899)
Brynn Thayer
American actress, born 1949
John Thayer
American sportsman and businessman (1862-1912)
Otis B. Thayer
Actor, Director, 1862–1935
Max Thayer
American actor, born 1946
Ernest Thayer
American author and poet (1863–1940)
Eli Thayer
American politician (1819-1899)
Emma Homan Thayer
American author and illustrator (1842-1908)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Thayer

Tyer

Thayer has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Questions

How common is the surname Thayer?: 16,625 people in the United States had the surname Thayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,571 Americans. It ranked 2,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thayer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thayer?: Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (born 1960), followed by Abbott Handerson Thayer.
Where is the surname Thayer most common?: Wikidata records people named Thayer in the United States.
Is the surname Thayer getting more or less common?: More common. 16,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,625 in 2010, up 0.8%.