Explore the Family Name Thielke

The meaning of Thielke

1. North German: from a pet form of the personal name Thiel 1. 2. Germanized form of Sorbian Tylk, Tylka or Tylko: from a pet form of the personal name Tyl, which is at least in part of the same German origin as 1 above.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Thielke has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name fell from 30,716 in 2000 to 31,329 in 2010, marking a change of -2.0 percent. In terms of counts, however, the number of individuals with the Thielke surname increased from 716 to 740 over that decade, a growth of 3.35 percent. Despite this increase in count, the proportion per 100k people dropped by 7.41 percent, from 0.27 to 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,716	#31,329	-2%
Count	716	740	3.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.25	-7.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Thielke

The ethnicity associated with the surname Thielke saw some changes between 2000 and 2010 as well, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. Those identifying as white decreased from 97.63 percent to 93.38 percent. However, there was a notable increase in those identifying with two or more races, which rose from 1.26 percent to 3.38 percent, representing a significant 168.25 percent change. Additionally, while there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic in 2000, by 2010 these groups made up 0.81 percent and 1.62 percent respectively of those with the Thielke surname. The percentages of those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.63%	93.38%	-4.35%
Two or More Races	1.26%	3.38%	168.25%
Hispanic	0%	1.62%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.81%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%