The Te surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,246 people carried this name — #21,080 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 47% from 850 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Te.
Most of them — 74 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Te live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Te,
with a public archive behind them.
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Keenan Te 2000– · singer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Te.
- Tay 1,736 · U.S. census
- Taylor 751,209 · U.S. census
- Tayon 221 · U.S. census
- Tazi 142 · U.S. census
- Tchang 126 · U.S. census
- Tchen 144 · U.S. census
- Tea 1,146 · U.S. census
- Tedaldi 121 · U.S. census
- Tedeschi 2,321 · U.S. census
- Tedesco 6,133 · U.S. census
- Teixeira 8,895 · U.S. census
- Tejedor 173 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Te is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.