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The Theil surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 479 people carried this name — #44,808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 534 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 579 people named Theil.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Corrèze.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Corrèze 119
Hautes-Pyrénées 98
Paris 71
Lot 61
Cantal 35
Haute-Vienne 28
Dordogne 20
Gironde 14

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

108 people named Theil have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 148 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 34
Pomeranian 30
Silesian 15
Warmian-Masurian 13
Greater Poland 6
West Pomeranian 6
Lubusz 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Theil is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Theil,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henri Theil
    Henri Theil 1924–2000 · economist
  • Napoléon Theil 1808–1878 · philologist
  • Rudolf Theil 1844–1910 · writer
  • Carl Theil 1886–1945 · teacher
  • Emil Theil 1892–1968 · politician
  • Edmund Theil 1913–2015 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Theil.

When the index is not enough

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