How common is the surname Thiessen?

3,519 people in the United States had the surname Thiessen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,737 Americans. It ranked 9,253rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thiessen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thiessen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thiessen?

Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (born 1974).

Where is the surname Thiessen most common?

Wikidata records people named Thiessen in the United States.

Is the surname Thiessen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,519 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Thiessen

A surname, carried by 3,519 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thiessen is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,519 people named Thiessen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,737 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,127.

#9,253

rank among US surnames

3,519

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+12.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,536)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837

Who is named Thiessen

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

93% of people named Thiessen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thiessens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tiffani Thiessen
American actress (born 1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thiessen

Theisen

Thiessen has the Soundex code T250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T250.

Questions

How common is the surname Thiessen?: 3,519 people in the United States had the surname Thiessen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,737 Americans. It ranked 9,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thiessen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thiessen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thiessen?: Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (born 1974).
Where is the surname Thiessen most common?: Wikidata records people named Thiessen in the United States.
Is the surname Thiessen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,519 in 2010, up 13%.