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    The surname Thistlethwaite

    A place surname, carried by 310 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T234

    Thistlethwaite: #64,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Thistlethwaite #64,200, 310 people Thistlethwaite: #64,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Thistlethwaite #64,200, 310 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thistlethwaite is more common than 60.4% of them.

    Origin

    By surface analysis, thistle + thwaite, a clearing through thistles; compare Goldthwaite.

    Thistlethwaite is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 310 people named Thistlethwaite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 995,953 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 274.

    #64,200
    rank among US surnames
    310
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #67,317)

    Who is named Thistlethwaite

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

    93% of people named Thistlethwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thistlethwaite

    Thistlethwaite 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 Thistlethwaite come from?
    By surface analysis, thistle + thwaite, a clearing through thistles; compare Goldthwaite.
    How common is the surname Thistlethwaite?
    310 people in the United States had the surname Thistlethwaite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 995,953 Americans. It ranked 64,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thistlethwaite?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thistlethwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Thistlethwaite?
    Thistlethwaite is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Thistlethwaite getting more or less common?
    More common. 274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 310 in 2010, up 13%.