How common is the surname Theiss?

2,619 people in the United States had the surname Theiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,887 Americans. It ranked 11,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Theiss?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Theiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Theiss?

Brooke Theiss, American actress.

Where is the surname Theiss most common?

Wikidata records people named Theiss in the United States.

Is the surname Theiss getting more or less common?

More common. 2,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,619 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Theiss

A German surname, carried by 2,619 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Theiss is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Theiss.

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 2,619 people named Theiss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,887 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,595.

#11,940

rank among US surnames

2,619

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,200)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,933	Ballance	2,622	117,752
#11,936	Okane	2,621	117,797
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842
#11,940	Brickner	2,619	117,887
#11,942	Bitter	2,618	117,932
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977

Who is named Theiss

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

96% of people named Theiss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Theisss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brooke Theiss
American actress, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Theiss

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Theiss come from?: Borrowed from German Theiss.
How common is the surname Theiss?: 2,619 people in the United States had the surname Theiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,887 Americans. It ranked 11,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Theiss?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Theiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Theiss?: Brooke Theiss, American actress.
Where is the surname Theiss most common?: Wikidata records people named Theiss in the United States.
Is the surname Theiss getting more or less common?: More common. 2,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,619 in 2010, up 0.9%.