Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Te

    A surname, carried by 1,246 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T000

    Te: #21,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Te #21,080, 1,246 people Te: #21,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Te #21,080, 1,246 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Te is more common than 87% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,246 people named Te in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 850.

    #21,080
    rank among US surnames
    1,246
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +46.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,876)

    Who is named Te

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Te identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Te

    Te has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Te?
    1,246 people in the United States had the surname Te in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. It ranked 21,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Te?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Te identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Te getting more or less common?
    More common. 850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,246 in 2010, up 47%.