How common is the surname Teal?

8,937 people in the United States had the surname Teal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,547 Americans. It ranked 3,976th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Teal most common?

Wikidata records people named Teal in the United States.

Is the surname Teal getting more or less common?

More common. 8,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,937 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Teal

A nickname surname, carried by 8,937 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teal is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

From teal, a nickname given to someone considered to resemble this duck.

Teal is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,937 people named Teal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,547 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,716.

#3,976

rank among US surnames

8,937

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,967	Evangelista	8,964	34,443
#3,968	Rau	8,961	34,454
#3,969	Lozada	8,959	34,462
#3,970	Canady	8,958	34,466
#3,971	Faircloth	8,954	34,481
#3,972	Batson	8,951	34,493
#3,973	Popp	8,947	34,508

Who is named Teal

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

78% of people named Teal identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Teals

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ray Teal
Actor (1902–1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Teale
Teall
Teel
Teele

Surnames that sound like Teal

Teal has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

Questions

Where does the surname Teal come from?: From teal, a nickname given to someone considered to resemble this duck.
How common is the surname Teal?: 8,937 people in the United States had the surname Teal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,547 Americans. It ranked 3,976th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Teal?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Teal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Teal?: Ray Teal, actor (1902–1976).
Where is the surname Teal most common?: Wikidata records people named Teal in the United States.
What type of surname is Teal?: Teal is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Teal getting more or less common?: More common. 8,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,937 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Teal?: Teale, Teall, Teel and Teele.