The Thery surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 128 people carried this name — #132,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 112 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,229 people named Thery.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 97 people named Thery live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Thery live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Thery,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Thery 1944– · politician
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Roland Thery 1948– · politician
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Jean-Michel Thery 1956– · politician
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Jean-Bernard Thery 1957– · politician
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Jean Thery 1959– · politician
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Vincent Thery 1962– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thery.
- Theobald 4,300 · U.S. census
- Theodore 4,601 · U.S. census
- Theodule 235 · U.S. census
- Theophile 375 · U.S. census
- Theriot 6,424 · U.S. census
- Theron 181 · U.S. census
- Theuret 162 · U.S. census
- Thevenin 512 · U.S. census
- Thevenot 369 · U.S. census
- Theys 425 · U.S. census
- Thiam 935 · U.S. census
- Thibaudeau 351 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Thery is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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