Teft Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Teft Surname Definition:

Local. A piece of ground where there has been a house.

Teft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England991:562,80934,447
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Canada371:995,82774,831
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1591:315,84124,783

Teft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. A piece of ground where there has been a house.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

TEFFT, TEFT: Local. A piece of ground where there has been a house.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Teft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Teft has its highest incidence in England. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Teft.

How Common Is The Last Name Teft? popularity and diffusion

Teft is the 1,058,336th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name Teft is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Teft are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 562,809. In England it is most common in: Lincolnshire, where 46 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 31 percent live and Derbyshire, where 10 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 41 percent live and Canada, where 16 percent live.

Teft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Teft has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 381 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Teft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Teft surname are 15.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.9% registered with the party.

The amount Teft earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.58% more than the national average, earning $49,007 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.12% less than the national average, earning $46,144 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tefft892,658/
Teeft8972/
Tefts8936/
Tefte898/
Teftt892/
Teuft891/
Tesft891/
Theft890/
Taeft890/
Tef8673/
Thieft803/
Teffts801/
Theift801/
Taft7514,314/
Toft7511,055/
Tefe752,326/
Teuf751,118/
Tift751,040/
Teff75412/
Ștef75246/
Teef75189/
Tief75185/
Tefs75144/
Teyf7595/
Teif7593/
Tyft7552/
Teaf7518/
Tesf756/
Ttef753/
Tewf753/
Tewt752/
Tetv751/
Tezf751/
Tevf751/
Tejf751/
Tefh751/
Htef751/
Tefz750/
Tifft67850/
Teaff67476/
Teefe67261/
Tofft67246/
Teffe67204/
Thoft67176/
Taftø67136/
Tafft6785/
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Thief6763/
Teffs6748/
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Øtoft6716/
Thefe6716/
Taewt6715/
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Theif679/
Thift678/
Teefs676/
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Thebt672/
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Tyfts671/
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Tavft671/
Tayft671/
Teizf671/
Htaft671/
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Thyft671/
Theuf671/
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Tifts671/
Tapft670/
Taftt670/
Theaf670/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Teft
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