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    The surname Thibodaux

    A surname, carried by 1,856 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T132

    Thibodaux: #15,712 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Thibodaux #15,712, 1,856 people Thibodaux: #15,712 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thibodaux #15,712, 1,856 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thibodaux is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,856 people named Thibodaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,729.

    #15,712
    rank among US surnames
    1,856
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,709Tibbitts1,857166,260
    #15,712Maass1,856166,350
    #15,719Broadhurst1,855166,440

    Who is named Thibodaux

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

    93% of people named Thibodaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    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 Thibodauxs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Henry S. Thibodaux
      American politician (1769-1827)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thibodaux

    Thibodaux has the Soundex code T132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T132.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Thibodaux?
    1,856 people in the United States had the surname Thibodaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. It ranked 15,712th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thibodaux?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thibodaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Thibodaux?
    Henry S. Thibodaux, American politician (1769-1827).
    Where is the surname Thibodaux most common?
    Wikidata records people named Thibodaux in the United States.
    Is the surname Thibodaux getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,856 in 2010, up 7.3%.