How common is the surname Tetzlaff?

1,620 people in the United States had the surname Tetzlaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. It ranked 17,419th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tetzlaff?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tetzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tetzlaff?

Ted Tetzlaff, American cinematographer (1903-1995), followed by Teddy Tetzlaff.

Where is the surname Tetzlaff most common?

Wikidata records people named Tetzlaff in the United States.

Is the surname Tetzlaff getting more or less common?

More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,620 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Tetzlaff

A surname, carried by 1,620 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tetzlaff is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,620 people named Tetzlaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,619.

#17,419

rank among US surnames

1,620

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,419	Servantes	1,620	190,584
#17,428	Heppner	1,619	190,701

Who is named Tetzlaff

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

95% of people named Tetzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tetzlaffs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ted Tetzlaff
American cinematographer (1903-1995)
Teddy Tetzlaff
American racing driver (1883-1929)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Teclaw

Tetzlaff has the Soundex code T324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T324.

Questions

Where does the surname Tetzlaff come from?: East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.
How common is the surname Tetzlaff?: 1,620 people in the United States had the surname Tetzlaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. It ranked 17,419th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tetzlaff?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tetzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tetzlaff?: Ted Tetzlaff, American cinematographer (1903-1995), followed by Teddy Tetzlaff.
Where is the surname Tetzlaff most common?: Wikidata records people named Tetzlaff in the United States.
Is the surname Tetzlaff getting more or less common?: More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,620 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Tetzlaff?: Teclaw.