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The surname Theriot

A surname, carried by 6,424 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T630

Theriot: #5,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Theriot #5,418, 6,424 people Theriot: #5,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Theriot #5,418, 6,424 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Theriot is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,424 people named Theriot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,061 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,959.

#5,418
rank among US surnames
6,424
people in 2010
2.2
per 100,000 Americans
+7.8%
change since 2000 (was #5,379)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,410Groth6,43447,987
#5,411Yepez6,43347,994
#5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
#5,413Ritz6,43048,016
#5,414Fell6,42948,024
#5,415Umana6,42648,046
#5,417Theis6,42548,054

Who is named Theriot

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

91% of people named Theriot identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Theriot

Theriot has the Soundex code T630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T630.

Questions

How common is the surname Theriot?
6,424 people in the United States had the surname Theriot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,061 Americans. It ranked 5,418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Theriot?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Theriot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Theriot getting more or less common?
More common. 5,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,424 in 2010, up 7.8%.