The surname Thistle
A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T234
Origin
English surname from the noun thistle. Anglicized sources include German Distel and Norwegian Tistel (see tistel).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,006 people named Thistle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 894.
Who is named Thistle
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Thistle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Thistle
Thistle has the Soundex code T234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T234.
Questions
- Where does the surname Thistle come from?
- English surname from the noun thistle. Anglicized sources include German Distel and Norwegian Tistel (see tistel).
- How common is the surname Thistle?
- 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Thistle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Thistle?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Thistle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Thistle getting more or less common?
- More common. 894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, up 13%.