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    The surname Tekle

    A surname, carried by 1,054 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T240

    Tekle: #23,943 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tekle #23,943, 1,054 people Tekle: #23,943 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tekle #23,943, 1,054 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tekle is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,054 people named Tekle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. That is up 88% since 2000, when the Census counted 561.

    #23,943
    rank among US surnames
    1,054
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +87.9%
    change since 2000 (was #37,374)

    Who is named Tekle

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

    94% of people named Tekle identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tekle

    Tekle has the Soundex code T240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tekle?
    1,054 people in the United States had the surname Tekle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. It ranked 23,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tekle?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tekle identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tekle getting more or less common?
    More common. 561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,054 in 2010, up 88%.