The Thiam surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 935 people carried this name — #26,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 89% from 494 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 332 people named Thiam.
Most of them — 218 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 309 people named Thiam 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
114 people named Thiam live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 73 people named Thiam 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Thiam is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Thiam in American newspapers,
1882–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,470 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Thiam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Papa Gallo Thiam 1930–2001 · athletics competitor -
Habib Thiam 1933–2017 · politician -
Khady Thiam 1947–1999 · film actor -
Awa Thiam 1950– · writer -
Mohamed Aly Thiam 1951– · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 82 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thiam.
- Theron 181 · U.S. census
- Thery 128 · U.S. census
- Theuret 162 · U.S. census
- Thevenin 512 · U.S. census
- Thevenot 369 · U.S. census
- Theys 425 · U.S. census
- Thibaudeau 351 · U.S. census
- Thibault 5,870 · U.S. census
- Thibaut 305 · U.S. census
- Thibeau 886 · U.S. census
- Thibeault 3,417 · U.S. census
- Thibert 620 · U.S. census
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