Last Name THAYER

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Meaning	The son of Theodoric, from the popular nickname Thierry or Thierre. Thayer is a fairly modern English modification of the surname.

Origin	English, French, Chilean, Belgian

Rank	2,014 (2000 US census)	1,792 (1990 US census)

Count	16,496 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.62%, or 15609 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.85%, or 140 total occurrences, as black,
0.57%, or 94 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.31%, or 216 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.29%, or 213 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 224 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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