How common is the surname Teeter?

5,892 people in the United States had the surname Teeter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,401 Americans. It ranked 5,859th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Teeter?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Teeter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Teeter getting more or less common?

More common. 5,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,892 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Teeter

A German surname, carried by 5,892 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teeter is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Dieter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,892 people named Teeter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,401 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,650.

#5,859

rank among US surnames

5,892

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312
#5,853	Ochs	5,901	52,321
#5,854	Boatman	5,899	52,339
#5,855	Blakley	5,898	52,347
#5,856	Lao	5,897	52,356

Who is named Teeter

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

92% of people named Teeter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Teeters

Surnames that sound like Teeter

Teeter has the Soundex code T360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T360.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Teeter come from?: Americanized spelling of German Dieter.
How common is the surname Teeter?: 5,892 people in the United States had the surname Teeter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,401 Americans. It ranked 5,859th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Teeter?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Teeter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Teeter getting more or less common?: More common. 5,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,892 in 2010, up 4.3%.
What are other spellings of Teeter?: Teeters.