Teff Surname

711,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Teff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3161:1,147,02282,337
England541:1,031,81650,675
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
France21:33,211,361423,184
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Teff (89) may also be a first name.

Teff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Teff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Teff (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻒ, Russian: Тефф) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Teff.

How Common Is The Last Name Teff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Teff is the 711,133rd most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Teff are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,011,231st most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 89 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 1,147,022. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 24 percent are found, Iowa, where 15 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 12 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Teff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Teff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Teff surname expanded 1,215 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Teff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Teff surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Teff earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.26% more than the national average, earning $56,638 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tefft892,658/
Teaff89476/
Teffe89204/
Tieff8984/
Teffs8948/
Theff893/
Teuff893/
Teffh890/
Tef8673/
Teeffe8014/
Theiff805/
Teaffe805/
Tefe752,326/
Teuf751,118/
Ștef75246/
Teft75236/
Teef75189/
Tief75185/
Tefs75144/
Teyf7595/
Teif7593/
Tiff7578/
Teaf7518/
Tesf756/
Ttef753/
Tewf753/
Htef751/
Tezf751/
Tevf751/
Tejf751/
Tefh751/
Tefz750/
Tifft67850/
Tiffe67396/
Teefe67261/
Teeft6772/
Thief6763/
Tesfe6717/
Thefe6716/
Teyfs6713/
Theif679/
Taiff678/
Teefs676/
Teife673/
Teetf672/
Thiff672/
Tyffe672/
Thetf672/
Theef672/
Teftt672/
Teatf671/
Tefch671/
Teizf671/
Theuf671/
Teisf671/
Teifs671/
Tesft671/
Theaf670/
Thefz670/
Tisff670/
Tiffs670/

Teff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Teff in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺘﻒaltf33.33
ﺍﺗﻒatf33.33
ﺗﻒtf33.33
Teff in the Russian language
Теффteff-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Teff
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