How common is the surname Thieme?

1,866 people in the United States had the surname Thieme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thieme?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thieme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thieme?

Ulrich Thieme, art historian (1865–1922).

Where is the surname Thieme most common?

Wikidata records people named Thieme in Prussia.

Is the surname Thieme getting more or less common?

More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Thieme

A surname, carried by 1,866 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thieme is more common than 90.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,866 people named Thieme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,853.

#15,651

rank among US surnames

1,866

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,706)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,647	Epling	1,867	165,370
#15,651	Brunt	1,866	165,458
#15,658	Matzke	1,865	165,547

Who is named Thieme

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

93% of people named Thieme identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thiemes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ulrich Thieme
Art historian (1865–1922)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thieme

Thiem

Thieme has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

How common is the surname Thieme?: 1,866 people in the United States had the surname Thieme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thieme?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thieme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thieme?: Ulrich Thieme, art historian (1865–1922).
Where is the surname Thieme most common?: Wikidata records people named Thieme in Prussia.
Is the surname Thieme getting more or less common?: More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 0.7%.