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

Thode, 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 Thode surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Thode in America

Thode is the 24517th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Thode surname appeared 1,020 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 Thode.

We can also compare 2010 data for Thode 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 Thode

The surname Thode originated in Germany and dates back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old German word "thode," meaning a person from Thuringia, a region in central Germany. The earliest recorded spelling of the name was "de Tode," found in records from the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia.

In the 13th century, the name appeared in various forms, such as "Thode," "Tode," and "Tohde," in medieval documents from different parts of Germany. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Johannes Tode, a merchant from Erfurt, who was mentioned in a trade agreement dated 1287.

The Thode name is also linked to several place names in Thuringia, such as Toden and Todenhausen, which likely contributed to the development of the surname. These place names are believed to have derived from the Old German word "thode" as well.

During the 16th century, the Thode family gained prominence in the region of Saxony-Anhalt. Notable individuals from this period include Johann Thode (1515-1587), a Lutheran theologian and reformer who served as the rector of the University of Wittenberg, and Hans Thode (1548-1619), a prominent merchant and landowner in the town of Zerbst.

In the 17th century, the name spread to other parts of Germany, and several individuals with the Thode surname made significant contributions. One such figure was Heinrich Thode (1610-1683), a physician and botanist from Hannover, who authored several works on medicinal plants and their uses.

Other notable individuals bearing the Thode surname include:

1. Christian Thode (1732-1807), a German jurist and legal scholar from Braunschweig.
2. Johann Carl Thode (1796-1877), a German composer and music theorist from Leipzig.
3. Henry Thode (1857-1920), a German art historian known for his influential works on Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance.
4. Ernst Thode (1868-1945), a German politician and member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933.
5. Hans Thode (1908-1999), a German chemist and professor at the University of Göttingen, known for his contributions to the field of isotope separation and nuclear physics.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Thode

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

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

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