How common is the surname Teter?

4,050 people in the United States had the surname Teter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,233 Americans. It ranked 8,195th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Teter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Teter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Teter?

Hannah Teter, American snowboarder.

Where is the surname Teter most common?

Wikidata records people named Teter in the United States.

Is the surname Teter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,050 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Teter

A surname, carried by 4,050 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). Teter is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,050 people named Teter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,233 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,676.

#8,195

rank among US surnames

4,050

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,288)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215
#8,195	Teter	4,050	76,233
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290

Who is named Teter

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

93% of people named Teter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Teters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hannah Teter
American snowboarder, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Teter

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

Questions

How common is the surname Teter?: 4,050 people in the United States had the surname Teter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,233 Americans. It ranked 8,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Teter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Teter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Teter?: Hannah Teter, American snowboarder.
Where is the surname Teter most common?: Wikidata records people named Teter in the United States.
Is the surname Teter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,050 in 2010, up 10%.