Thies
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Matthias; also possibly from frz
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Thies is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- THThailand≈1 in 14K
- USUnited States1 in 78K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 295 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
≈21,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Matthias; also possibly from frz. N. Ti(e)s
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Thies counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Thies | 4 |
| DE Germany | #862 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Thies | 147 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Thies | 7 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Thies | 1 |
| US United States | — | 4,240 | 1 in 78K | 4.2K | Thies | 295 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Thies is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym aus Matthias ('Geschenk Jahwes'); Hauptkarte zur i(e)/ei-Varianz in Kurzformen; 4496 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Niederdt. Familienname; belegt 1880 Rang 28/25 mit 558+616 Trägern, 1930 mit 97+2, 18 und 13+9 Trägern; zeigt den Vokalwechsel in den Formen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Kurz- und Nebenform zu Matthias/Matthäus; die Karte zeigt die Vokalvarianten i/ie/ei/ä in den Schreibungen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Patronymisch zu Matthias/Matthäus; die Platte zeigt i/e-Vokalvarianten und ihre Verteilung im Raum.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Kurzform zu Matthias; zeigt i~ei-Variation im Haupttonvokalismus (Thies/Thiessen/Theis/Theisen).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Thiesb. 1898DEGerman politician (1898–1968)
- Paula Nieuwenhuis-Thiesb. 1920NLpainter, artist (1920–2000)
- Jake Thiesb. 1926USbaseball player (1926-2013)
- Dave Thiesb. 1937USformer American baseball player
- Dick Thiesb. 1938USAmerican actor
- Hans-Jürgen Thiesb. 1955DEGerman politician (CDU)
- Udo Thiesb. 1958DEGerman actor
- Alexander Thiesb. 1960DEGerman film producer
- Andrea Thiesb. 1967USAmerican rower
- Jana Thiesb. 1973DEGerman actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.2K | #7,807 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.2K | #7,354 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.1K | #7,828 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Thies come from?
- from Matthias; also possibly from frz. N. Ti(e)s Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What does the name Thies mean?
- Recorded meaning: from Matthias; also possibly from frz.
- In which country does Thies have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Thies in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled thies.
- How common is the name Thies?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,240 people named Thies in 2010, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.
- How common is Thies compared with other names?
- In Germany, Thies is the 862nd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/thiesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Thies” — the 862nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.