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    The surname Therrien

    A French surname, carried by 4,900 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T650

    Therrien: #6,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Therrien #6,865, 4,900 people Therrien: #6,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Therrien #6,865, 4,900 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Therrien is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Therrien.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,900 people named Therrien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,009 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,890.

    #6,865
    rank among US surnames
    4,900
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,413)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,861Burford4,90562,945
    #6,863Wight4,90462,958
    #6,864Scharf4,90162,996
    #6,865Therrien4,90063,009

    Who is named Therrien

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

    94% of people named Therrien identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Therrien

    Therrien has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Therrien come from?
    From French Therrien.
    How common is the surname Therrien?
    4,900 people in the United States had the surname Therrien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,009 Americans. It ranked 6,865th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Therrien?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Therrien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Therrien getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,900 in 2010, up 0.2%.