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    The surname Thome

    A surname, carried by 3,163 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T500

    Thome: #10,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Thome #10,189, 3,163 people Thome: #10,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thome #10,189, 3,163 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thome is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,163 people named Thome in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,612 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,928.

    #10,189
    rank among US surnames
    3,163
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,184Crumpler3,16697,519
    #10,185Hakim3,16597,550
    #10,186Smit3,16497,581
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673

    Who is named Thome

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

    91% of people named Thome identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Thomes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Emerson Thome
      Brazilian association football player, born 1972
    • Jim Thome
      American Hall of Fame baseball player, born 1970

    Notable Thomes come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thome

    Thome 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 Thome?
    3,163 people in the United States had the surname Thome in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,612 Americans. It ranked 10,189th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thome?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Thome identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Thome?
    Emerson Thome, Brazilian association football player, followed by Jim Thome.
    Where is the surname Thome most common?
    Wikidata records people named Thome in Brazil and the United States.
    Is the surname Thome getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,163 in 2010, up 8.0%.