Find out how popular the last name Thalheimer is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Thalheimer.

Thalheimer, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Thalheimer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Thalheimer in America

Thalheimer is the 52851st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Thalheimer surname appeared 392 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Thalheimer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Thalheimer to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Thalheimer

The surname Thalheimer is of German origin, derived from the place name Thalheim, meaning "valley home" or "valley settlement." The name can be traced back to the 13th century in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia.

One of the earliest documented references to the name Thalheimer can be found in the records of Erfurt, a city in the modern-day German state of Thuringia, dating back to the late 13th century. In these records, a certain Johann Thalheimer is mentioned as a landowner and prominent citizen.

During the Middle Ages, the Thalheimer name was associated with several noble families in various parts of Germany. One notable example is the Thalheimer family from the town of Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in Bavaria, who were influential merchants and traders in the 15th and 16th centuries.

In the 16th century, a branch of the Thalheimer family settled in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, also in Bavaria. This particular line of the family produced several notable figures, including Hans Thalheimer (1491-1562), a respected jurist and legal scholar.

Another prominent individual with the surname Thalheimer was Johann Georg Thalheimer (1653-1719), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony. He is best known for his work "Theologia Naturalis" (Natural Theology), which explored the relationship between reason and faith.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Thalheimer name spread across various regions of Germany and beyond, with some individuals emigrating to other parts of Europe and even to the United States. One such individual was Friedrich Thalheimer (1784-1873), a German-born industrialist who established successful businesses in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

In more recent times, the name Thalheimer has been associated with several notable academics and intellectuals, such as Richard Thalheimer (1867-1948), a German economist and socialist theorist, and Erich Thalheimer (1880-1947), a German-American sociologist and social worker.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Thalheimer

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Thalheimer.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Thalheimer was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Thalheimer has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Thalheimer was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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