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The surname Thi

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 1,024 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T000

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thi is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Thi.

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,024 people named Thi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 795.

#24,446
rank among US surnames
1,024
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+28.8%
change since 2000 (was #28,298)

Who is named Thi

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

91% of people named Thi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.5% as two or more races and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
  • Two or more races 3.5%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Thi

Thi has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

Other Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thi come from?
Borrowed from Vietnamese Thi.
How common is the surname Thi?
1,024 people in the United States had the surname Thi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thi?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Thi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Thi getting more or less common?
More common. 795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, up 29%.