The Thomen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 264 people carried this name — #73,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 14% from 307 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Thomen.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Thomen live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Who carried it
People named Thomen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Raoul Thomen 1876–1950 · illustrator
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Harold O. Thomen 1902–1986 · librarian
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Daniel Thomen 1957– · politician
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Pabla Thomen 1980– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thomen.
- 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
- Thome 3,163 · 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
- Thong 1,378 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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