Thelen Family History
Thelen Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: patronymic from a pet form of the
personal name Thietilo, of Germanic origin, derived from a
short form of Theodoric (see Terry 1).Swedish: from
an unexplained first element (see Thelander) + the common
ornamental suffix -en.
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Name Distribution of Thelen Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Thelen families
 39 - 76  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Thelen families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Thelen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Thelen Family Origin
Thelen Immigration Information
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Thelen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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