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    The surname Teer

    A surname, carried by 1,889 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T600

    Teer: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Teer #15,499, 1,889 people Teer: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Teer #15,499, 1,889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teer is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,889 people named Teer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,804.

    #15,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,889
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,024)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,494Brogden1,890163,357
    #15,499Emert1,889163,444
    #15,503Shand1,888163,530
    #15,508Lucht1,887163,617

    Who is named Teer

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

    89% of people named Teer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Teer

    Teer has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Teer?
    1,889 people in the United States had the surname Teer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. It ranked 15,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Teer?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Teer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Teer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,889 in 2010, up 4.7%.