How common is the surname Thiele?

4,478 people in the United States had the surname Thiele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,947 Americans. It ranked 7,437th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thiele?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thiele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thiele?

Bob Thiele, American record producer, music executive (1922-1996), followed by Wilhelm Thiele.

Where is the surname Thiele most common?

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

Is the surname Thiele getting more or less common?

More common. 4,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,478 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Thiele

A surname, carried by 4,478 people in the United States.

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). Thiele is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,478 people named Thiele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,947 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,447.

#7,437

rank among US surnames

4,478

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,955)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,431	Conard	4,482	68,886
#7,433	Astorga	4,481	68,901
#7,434	Firestone	4,480	68,916
#7,437	Deel	4,478	68,947
#7,441	Warrington	4,477	68,963

Who is named Thiele

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

94% of people named Thiele identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thieles

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Thieles come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thiele

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

Questions

How common is the surname Thiele?: 4,478 people in the United States had the surname Thiele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,947 Americans. It ranked 7,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thiele?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thiele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thiele?: Bob Thiele, American record producer, music executive (1922-1996), followed by Wilhelm Thiele.
Where is the surname Thiele most common?: Wikidata records people named Thiele in the United States, Australia and Austria.
Is the surname Thiele getting more or less common?: More common. 4,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,478 in 2010, up 0.7%.