# Teo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/teo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,550 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,007 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 199,191 people |
| Change since 2000 | +76% (881 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Teoh |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 張 /张 (Tiuⁿ, Tioⁿ). Doublet of Chang. Compare Tagalog Tiu / Tio.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Teo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 26% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 63% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Teo in Malaysia.

## People named Teo

- Teo Ee Yi, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Tew, Tee, Te, Tea, Thao, Thai, Tu, To, Ta, Toy, Tai, Tao.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.