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    The surname Teo

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T000

    Teo: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Teo #18,007, 1,550 people Teo: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Teo #18,007, 1,550 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teo is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    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 1,550 people named Teo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 76% since 2000, when the Census counted 881.

    #18,007
    rank among US surnames
    1,550
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +75.9%
    change since 2000 (was #26,125)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Teo

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

    63% of people named Teo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.6% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 63%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
    • Two or more races 5.6%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    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.

    Famous Teos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Teo Ee Yi
      Badminton player, born 1993

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Teoh

    Surnames that sound like Teo

    Teo has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Teo come from?
    Borrowed from Hokkien 張 /张 (Tiuⁿ, Tioⁿ). Doublet of Chang. Compare Tagalog Tiu / Tio.
    How common is the surname Teo?
    1,550 people in the United States had the surname Teo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Teo?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Teo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Teo?
    Teo Ee Yi, badminton player.
    Where is the surname Teo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Teo in Malaysia.
    Is the surname Teo getting more or less common?
    More common. 881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 76%.
    What are other spellings of Teo?
    Teoh.