The Thierry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,506 people carried this name — #18,385 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,360 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,897 people named Thierry.
70 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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
100 people named Thierry 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Thierry 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.
Who carried it
People named Thierry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Regnault d. 1693 · printer
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Johann Wendelin Thierry d. 1811 · historian
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Etienne de Thierry d. 1843
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Camille Thierry d. 1917
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Pierre Thierry d. 1586
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Theodericus, Joannes, Bellovacensis 1402–1502 · lexicographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thierry.
- Thiel 9,880 · U.S. census
- Thiele 4,478 · 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
- Thiers 238 · U.S. census
- Thiery 441 · U.S. census
- Thies 4,240 · U.S. census
- Thiesse 333 · U.S. census
- Thill 3,055 · U.S. census
- Thillet 213 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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