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    The surname Teves

    A surname, carried by 1,511 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T120

    Teves: #18,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Teves #18,337, 1,511 people Teves: #18,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Teves #18,337, 1,511 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teves is more common than 88.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,511 people named Teves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.

    #18,337
    rank among US surnames
    1,511
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,285)

    Who is named Teves

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

    48% of people named Teves identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Two or more races 8.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Teves

    Teves has the Soundex code T120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Teves?
    1,511 people in the United States had the surname Teves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. It ranked 18,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Teves?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Teves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Teves getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,511 in 2010, up 16%.