The Thibault surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,870 people carried this name — #5,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,739 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Thibault surname
Thibault: a surname originating as a patronymic.
From Early Medieval Latin Theobaldus, a borrowing from Old English Þēodbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ. Several variants exist, such as Teabo, Tebeau, Tebo, Teboe, Tebow, Thebeau, Thibaut, Thibeau, Thibeault, Thibeaux, Thibo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Thibault» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,587 people named Thibault.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
103 people named Thibault live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
In print
Thibault in American newspapers,
1891–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,523 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Thibault,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gérard Thibault d'Anvers 1574–1629 · writer -
Gérard Thibault d'Anvers 1574–1627 · writer
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Gérard Thibault d'Anvers 1574–1629 · writer -
Gérard Thibault d'Anvers 1574–1627 · writer
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Hendrick Thibault 1604–1667 · politician -
Jan Thibault d. 1545 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thibault.
- 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
- Thibaut 305 · U.S. census
- Thibeau 886 · U.S. census
- Thibeault 3,417 · U.S. census
- Thibert 620 · U.S. census
- Thiebaud 359 · U.S. census
- Thiebaut 131 · U.S. census
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