# Thiel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/thiel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,880 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,601 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,250 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (9,432 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /til/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik. * As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thiel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Thiele, Thill, Thole, Theall, Talley, Tilley, Tello, Tully, Teal, Teel, Toole, Tull.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.