How common is the surname Teng?

3,433 people in the United States had the surname Teng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Teng getting more or less common?

More common. 2,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Teng

A Chinese surname, carried by 3,433 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teng is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Romanization of Hokkien 鄧／邓 (Tēng). Doublet of Dinh.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,433 people named Teng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,657.

#9,473

rank among US surnames

3,433

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+29.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,984)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961

Who is named Teng

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

93% of people named Teng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as two or more races and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
Two or more races 2.4%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Deng

Surnames that sound like Teng

Teng has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Teng come from?: Romanization of Hokkien 鄧／邓 (Tēng). Doublet of Dinh.
How common is the surname Teng?: 3,433 people in the United States had the surname Teng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Teng?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Teng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Teng getting more or less common?: More common. 2,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 29%.
What are other spellings of Teng?: Deng.