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    The surname Thu

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 564 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thu is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Vietnamese Thư, the local romanization of the Chinese surname 舒 (Shū). * Borrowed from Norwegian Thu, a surname predominantly found in Western Norway.

    One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 564 people named Thu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. That is up 97% since 2000, when the Census counted 287.

    #39,052
    rank among US surnames
    564
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +96.5%
    change since 2000 (was #64,750)

    Who is named Thu

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

    83% of people named Thu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Thu

    Thu has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Thu come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Vietnamese Thư, the local romanization of the Chinese surname 舒 (Shū). * Borrowed from Norwegian Thu, a surname predominantly found in Western Norway.
    How common is the surname Thu?
    564 people in the United States had the surname Thu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. It ranked 39,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thu?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Thu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Thu getting more or less common?
    More common. 287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 564 in 2010, up 97%.