Explore the Family Name Thieme

The meaning of Thieme

German: from a pet form of the personal name Dietmar (see Dittmar) or Tiedemann. Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Arno, Beate, Benno, Gerhard, Gunther, Hans, Hertha, Horst, Juergen, Klaus, Lorenz.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Thieme saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Thieme was ranked as the 14,706th most common surname, but by 2010 it slipped to 15,651st place, marking a drop of 6.43%. However, the actual count of people with this surname saw a marginal increase from 1,853 in 2000 to 1,866 in 2010, an uptick of 0.7%. Despite this growth in absolute numbers, the proportion of people named Thieme per 100,000 people dropped by 8.7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,706	#15,651	-6.43%
Count	1,853	1,866	0.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.63	-8.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Thieme

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Thieme also underwent some changes over the same period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with the Thieme surname identified as White in both years, although there was a slight decrease from 94.66% in 2000 to 93.30% in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander fell notably by 36.97%. Conversely, there was visible growth in the percentage of people identifying as Hispanic or belonging to two or more races: the former increased by 28.03%, while the latter grew by 44.62%. There were also new instances of people identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, where none were recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.66%	93.3%	-1.44%
Hispanic	2.64%	3.38%	28.03%
Two or More Races	1.3%	1.88%	44.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.19%	0.75%	-36.97%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.38%	0%
Black	0%	0.32%	0%