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    The surname Theis

    A surname, carried by 6,425 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T200

    Theis: #5,417 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Theis #5,417, 6,425 people Theis: #5,417 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Theis #5,417, 6,425 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Theis is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,425 people named Theis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,054 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,204.

    #5,417
    rank among US surnames
    6,425
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,177)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,408Krantz6,43647,972
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
    #5,413Ritz6,43048,016
    #5,414Fell6,42948,024
    #5,415Umana6,42648,046

    Who is named Theis

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

    95% of people named Theis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Theis

    Theis has the Soundex code T200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Theis?
    6,425 people in the United States had the surname Theis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,054 Americans. It ranked 5,417th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Theis?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Theis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Theis getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,425 in 2010, up 3.6%.