# Thiele (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,478 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,947 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (4,447 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Thiele 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Thiele in the United States, Australia and Austria.

## People named Thiele

- Bob Thiele, American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
- Wilhelm Thiele, Austrian film director (1890–1975)
- Edwin R. Thiele, American archaeologist (1895–1986)
- Kevin Thiele, Australian botanist (1959- )
- Colin Thiele, Australian author (1920–2006)

## Similar surnames

Thiel, Thill, Theall, Talley, Tilley, Tello, Tully, Teal, Teel, Toole, Tull, Tolley.

## 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.