Thiel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Thiel surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,432 people carried this name — #3,463 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,600 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

989 people named Thiel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,201 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

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Where they live today

Pomeranian 259
Greater Poland 224
Silesian 148
Opole 107
Lower Silesian 66
West Pomeranian 51
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 43
Masovian 32

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 820 people named Thiel.

66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 66
Moselle 488
Meurthe-et-Moselle 54
Paris 32
Meuse 20
Bas-Rhin 15
Aube 14
Nord 13
Yvelines 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

314 people named Thiel live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 85
Bern 44
Aargau 39
Basel-Stadt 22
Vaud 18
Solothurn 18
Thurgau 17
Zug 14

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 103 people named Thiel 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

West Flanders 47
Liège 23
Brussels-Capital 10
Antwerp 10
East Flanders 7
Hainaut 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Thiel in American newspapers,
1884–1962.

Newspaper page from Democratic Northwest carrying the name Thiel
Democratic Northwest 1884-06-26
Newspaper page from Adams County News carrying the name Thiel
Adams County News 1899-04-26
Newspaper page from Morning Appeal carrying the name Thiel
Morning Appeal 1905-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,435 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Thiel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rudolf Thiel
    Rudolf Thiel 1825–1884 · lawyer
  • Andreas Thiel
    Andreas Thiel 1826–1908 · bishop
  • Hugo Thiel
    Hugo Thiel 1839–1918 · politician
  • Jacobus Johannes van Thiel
    Jacobus Johannes van Thiel 1843–1912 · presbyter
  • Bernhard August Thiel
    Bernhard August Thiel 1850–1901 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.

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