How common is the surname Thiel?

9,880 people in the United States had the surname Thiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,250 Americans. It ranked 3,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thiel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thiel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Thiel getting more or less common?

More common. 9,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,880 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Thiel

A surname, carried by 9,880 people in the United States.

Pronounced /til/ 1 syllable Soundex T400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thiel is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,880 people named Thiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,250 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,432.

#3,601

rank among US surnames

9,880

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,463)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,592	Wirth	9,907	31,164
#3,593	Gilley	9,906	31,168
#3,594	Isbell	9,905	31,171
#3,595	Chamberlin	9,897	31,196
#3,596	Storm	9,895	31,202
#3,598	Quach	9,894	31,205
#3,599	Groff	9,889	31,221

Who is named Thiel

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

95% of people named Thiel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thiel

Thiel has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

Questions

Where does the surname Thiel come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Thiel?: 9,880 people in the United States had the surname Thiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,250 Americans. It ranked 3,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thiel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thiel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Thiel?: Thiel is /til/, one syllable.
Is the surname Thiel getting more or less common?: More common. 9,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,880 in 2010, up 4.7%.