# Teague (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/teague/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,514 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,456 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,595 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (23,731 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Irish first name Tadhg. Cognate with English taig (“A Catholic”). Compare Mick and Paddy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Teague in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Teague in the United States and Australia.

## People named Teague

- Owen Teague, American actor
- Jeff Teague, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Lewis Teague, American film director and film editor
- Marquis Teague, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Marshall R. Teague, American actor
- Harry Teague, American politician
- Violet Teague, Australian artist (1872-1951)
- Ryan Teague, Australian association football player

## Similar surnames

Tague, Tsai, Tuck, Tice, Theis, Tse, Thach, Tighe, Tucci, Thies, Tesch, Twigg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.