Thy Surname

112,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam

Thy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam3,1371:29,533445
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Cambodia1661:93,2962,334
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Denmark1031:54,8035,600
Germany831:969,94567,438
India471:16,320,540259,912
Norway461:111,78914,873
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Benin271:382,80028,543
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
France61:11,070,454349,096
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
China41:341,830,39216,990
England31:18,572,686338,250
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Thy (79,540) may also be a first name.

Thy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Thy occurs in Vietnam more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Thy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thy? popularity and diffusion

Thy is the 112,857th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,776,584 people. Thy occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Thy live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 76 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 12,429th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 79,540 people.

The surname Thy is most widely held in Vietnam, where it is held by 3,137 people, or 1 in 29,533. In Vietnam Thy is most frequent in: Southeast, where 52 percent are found, Mekong River Delta, where 19 percent are found and South Central Coast, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Vietnam this last name is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent are found and Cambodia, where 4 percent are found.

Thy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thy has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Thy surname fell 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thy last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Thy earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning 332,279 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.14% less than the national average, earning $42,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.47% less than the national average, earning $27,589 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thuy86145,392/
Thay862,463/
Tahy86703/
They86506/
Tuhy86505/
Thoy86495/
Thyy8672/
Tohy8610/
Thúy864/
Hthy863/
Thiy863/
Thyi861/
Thùy861/
Thủy861/
Thầy861/
Thyø861/
Thyh861/
Ty8025,044/
Tahay754,003/
Thouy75448/
Touhy75372/
Tahey75166/
Toohy7562/
Tohyi7546/
Thoty7532/
Tahyi7529/
Tuhyi753/
Thyjs753/
Hthiy752/
Tehyi752/
Tohiy752/
Thohy752/
Tháys751/
Thaay751/
Thhay751/
Thioy751/
Thooy751/
Tahyy751/
Theyß751/
Thdty751/
Tehiy751/
Toehy750/
Tauhy750/
Thahy750/
Thi67196,310/
The67151,749/
Tay6799,860/
Teh6768,604/
Tuy6737,508/
Toy6731,865/
Tey6714,082/
Tyo679,984/
Tiy674,918/
Tih671,347/
Thj67268/
Tyy67188/
Tyč6791/
Thé6775/
Tjh6763/
Tyi6735/
Thotty6735/
Thoyts6728/
Tty6726/
Tyh6711/
Hty676/
Thahey674/
Tahays674/
Téh673/
Thè673/
Dty673/
Thahay672/
Táy672/
Thê671/
Tüy671/
Thí671/
Tyß671/
Theauy671/
Tahayt671/
Thaaye671/
Têh671/
Tuohys670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thy
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