Explore the Family Name Thesing

The meaning of Thesing

North German: patronymic from the personal name Thees, a shortened form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew).

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How common is the last name Thesing in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Thesing demonstrated a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 29,873rd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had risen 51 places to the rank of 29,822. The count of individuals with this surname also increased by 6.2 percent during this time period, from 742 in 2000 to 788 in 2010. However, the proportion of people with the Thesing surname per 100,000 decreased slightly by -3.57%, indicating that while the absolute number of people with this surname grew, their share within the overall population became smaller.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,873	#29,822	0.17%
Count	742	788	6.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Thesing

The ethnicity associated with the Thesing surname is predominantly White, as indicated in the Decennial U.S. Census data. As of 2000, 98.11 percent of those with the Thesing surname identified as White, decreasing marginally to 97.59 percent by 2010. Over this decade, there was a noticeable increase in the percentage of individuals with this surname identifying as Hispanic, growing from 0.94 percent in 2000 to 1.40 percent in 2010, representing a change of 48.94 percent. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native among those with the Thesing surname in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.11%	97.59%	-0.53%
Hispanic	0.94%	1.4%	48.94%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%