Tegtow Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Tegtow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tegtow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tegtow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tegtow is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tegtow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Tegtow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Tegtow are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Tegtow is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most numerous in: Nevada, where 67 percent live, Tennessee, where 22 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 31 percent live.

Tegtow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tegtow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tegtow surname increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taegtow9219/
Tagtow83129/
Tegthof778/
Tegthoff7110/
Thegthof710/
Tektov67113/
Tektova6261/
Tektoff6213/
Taktov5019/
Tiktov504/

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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 Tegtow
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