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

Thébaud, 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 Thébaud surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Thébaud in America

Thébaud is the 92358th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Thébaud surname appeared 199 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 Thébaud.

We can also compare 2010 data for Thébaud 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 Thébaud

The surname Thebaud has its origins in France, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to be derived from the Old French personal name "Theobald," which itself comes from the Germanic elements "theud" (meaning "people") and "bald" (meaning "bold" or "brave"). This name would have been given to someone who was seen as a bold leader among the people.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Theobaldus or Tedbaldus in Latin documents from the 9th and 10th centuries. As it evolved into a surname, various spellings emerged, including Thibault, Thibaut, and Thibauld, before eventually settling into the modern French form of Thebaud.

One of the earliest known references to the surname Thebaud can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a comprehensive survey of landholdings in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. The entry lists a certain "Tedaldus" as a landowner in Somerset.

Throughout the centuries, several notable individuals have borne the surname Thebaud. In the 13th century, there was a French nobleman named Thibaut de Champagne (c. 1201-1253), who was not only a skilled military leader but also a renowned poet and trouvère (a composer and singer of chansons and lyric poetry).

Another prominent figure was Jacques Thebaud (c. 1460-1537), a French navigator and explorer who is credited with being one of the first Europeans to map the eastern coast of Canada and parts of Newfoundland.

In the 17th century, Jean Thebaud (1620-1699) was a French Jesuit missionary who spent many years working among the indigenous populations of North America, particularly in the Great Lakes region.

Moving into the 19th century, Louis-Étienne Thebaud (1810-1892) was a French architect who designed several notable buildings in Paris, including the Church of Saint-Augustin and the Théâtre du Châtelet.

Finally, in the early 20th century, Henri Thebaud (1887-1960) was a French aviator and aircraft designer who played a significant role in the development of seaplanes and flying boats.

While the surname Thebaud has evolved over time and spread to various parts of the world, its roots can be traced back to the bold and brave leaders of medieval France, where it first emerged as a personal name before becoming a hereditary surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Thébaud

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

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 Thébaud 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 Thébaud 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 Thébaud was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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