How common is the surname Theisen?

5,707 people in the United States had the surname Theisen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. It ranked 6,025th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Theisen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Theisen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Theisen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,707 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Theisen

A German patronymic surname, carried by 5,707 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Theisen is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German, Danish and Norwegian Theisen, a patronymic surname from a reduced form of the personal name Matthias.

Theisen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,707 people named Theisen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,300.

#6,025

rank among US surnames

5,707

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,982)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,021	Olive	5,712	54,052
#6,022	Campa	5,709	54,080
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090
#6,025	Theisen	5,707	54,099

Who is named Theisen

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

96% of people named Theisen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Theisen

Theisen has the Soundex code T250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T250.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Theisen come from?: Borrowed from German, Danish and Norwegian Theisen, a patronymic surname from a reduced form of the personal name Matthias.
How common is the surname Theisen?: 5,707 people in the United States had the surname Theisen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. It ranked 6,025th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Theisen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Theisen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Theisen?: Theisen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Theisen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,707 in 2010, up 7.7%.