The Thoma surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,080 people carried this name — #7,521 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,634 people named Thoma live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 164 people named Thoma.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Haut-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 Poland’s population register
85 people named Thoma have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 123 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Thoma 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thoma.
- Thillet 175 · U.S. census
- Thinnes 477 · U.S. census
- Thirion 257 · U.S. census
- Thiry 1,077 · U.S. census
- Tho 236 · U.S. census
- Thole 1,462 · U.S. census
- Thomann 954 · U.S. census
- Thomas 710,696 · U.S. census
- Thomasson 4,606 · U.S. census
- Thome 2,928 · U.S. census
- Thomen 307 · U.S. census
- Thommes 239 · U.S. census
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