The Thames surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,619 people carried this name — #4,654 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 7,052 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 281 people named Thames live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 90
Misiones 52
Salta 47
City of Buenos Aires 36
Tucumán 23
Jujuy 21
Santa Cruz 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Thames in American newspapers,
1898–1921.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Thames
The Hattiesburg News 1913-09-19
Newspaper page from The Public Ledger carrying the name Thames
The Public Ledger 1921-11-30
Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Thames
The Greenville Times 1898-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 527 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Thames in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

889 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thames. The most, 161, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 271
South Australia 184
Victoria 146
Western Australia 127
Queensland 110
Tasmania 38
ACT (Canberra) 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thames.

Who carried it

People named Thames,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gösta Thames 1916–2006 · engineer
  • Earl Thames 1936–2016 · Christian minister
  • Earl Thames 1936–2016 · Christian minister

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thames,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States298 records

298 records of the Thames name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 203
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 65
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James A. Thames

    Born 1921 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery/Higginsville, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Franklin Thames

    Born 1943; from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. U.S. Navy, url no warfare specialty; killed in action 1971 in An Xugen, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Math Thames

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Rhynland from Antwerp, aged 55; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 298 records for Thames in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands21 records

21 records of the Thames name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 12
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Agnes Geertruijda Thames

    In the population register of Haarlem; domestic servant, born 1836 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Annetie Thames

    Married in 1657 in Waverveen; born in Meijdrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Anthonia Thames

    Born 1877 in Enkhuizen.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Thames in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Thames name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Thames

    Sailed from Victoria in 1862 aboard the Australia, bound for Invercargill, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Lorenz August Herrmann Thames

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1903.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Thames

    Sailed from Victoria in 1865 aboard the Souchays, bound for Hokitika, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Thames in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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