The Thiele surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,478 people carried this name — #7,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,447 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
243 people named Thiele live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 125 people named Thiele 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Poland’s population register
69 people named Thiele have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 145 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lubusz.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 61 people named Thiele.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 the Nordic population registers
82 people named Thiele 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
Thiele in American newspapers,
1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,949 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Thiele,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernst Edmund Thiele d. 1851 · teacher
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Franz Thiele d. 1945 · farmer
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Friedrich Leopold Thiele d. 1841 · botanist
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Peter Thiele d. 1535
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Maria Thiele 1596–1617
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Walpurg Agnes Thiele 1600–1652
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thiele.
- 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
- Thiel 9,880 · U.S. census
- Thielen 2,867 · U.S. census
- Thieme 1,866 · U.S. census
- Thien 719 · U.S. census
- Thier 629 · U.S. census
- Thierry 1,506 · U.S. census
- Thiers 238 · U.S. census
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