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

Thumma, 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 Thumma surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Thumma in America

Thumma is the 40800th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Thumma surname appeared 535 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 Thumma.

We can also compare 2010 data for Thumma 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 Thumma

The surname Thumma is believed to have originated in Germany, with records dating back to the 16th century. The name is derived from the German word "Daumen," which means "thumb," and it is thought to have been an occupational surname given to someone who worked with their thumb, such as a miller or a weaver.

In the early records, the name was often spelled as "Thume" or "Thumme," reflecting the various dialects and regional variations in the German language. One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in a church register from the town of Nuremberg in 1578, which mentions a man named Hans Thumme.

The name Thumma began to spread beyond Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries, as waves of German immigrants settled in other parts of Europe and North America. One notable bearer of the name was Johann Thumma, a German composer and organist who lived from 1619 to 1689.

In the United States, the earliest recorded instance of the Thumma surname can be found in the Pennsylvania Dutch settlements of the 18th century. The name was brought to America by German immigrants who settled in the region, and it has since become more widely dispersed across the country.

Several notable individuals have borne the surname Thumma throughout history. One such person was Friedrich Thumma, a German theologian and philosopher who lived from 1738 to 1811. Another was Johann Gottfried Thumma, a German botanist and physician who lived from 1737 to 1821.

In more recent times, the name Thumma has been carried by individuals such as Johann Thumma, a German painter who lived from 1810 to 1889, and Karl Thumma, a German politician and trade unionist who lived from 1866 to 1942.

While the surname Thumma is not among the most common in the world, it has a rich history that spans centuries and crosses continents, tracing its roots back to the occupational traditions of medieval Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Thumma

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

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

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