The Thome surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,163 people carried this name — #10,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,928 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 901 people named Thome.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 255 people named Thome 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 79 people named Thome 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 Liège.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Thome live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
103 people named Thome are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Thome in American newspapers,
1868–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,045 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Thome,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Thome d. 1881 · mayor
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Otto Wilhelm Thomé 1840–1925 · teacher
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John M. Thome 1843–1908 · astronomer
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John M. Thome 1843–1908 · astronomer
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Johan Andreas Thome 1849–1912 · works manager
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Johan Andreas Thome 1849–1912 · works manager
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thome.
- Tho 329 · U.S. census
- Thole 1,608 · U.S. census
- Thoma 4,068 · U.S. census
- Thomann 1,034 · U.S. census
- Thomas 756,142 · U.S. census
- Thomasson 4,844 · U.S. census
- Thomen 264 · U.S. census
- Thommes 255 · U.S. census
- Thompson 664,644 · U.S. census
- Thomsen 7,654 · U.S. census
- Thomson 24,750 · U.S. census
- Thon 1,066 · U.S. census
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