The Teter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,050 people carried this name — #8,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,676 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

492 people named Teter have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 531 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Holy Cross 187
Lublin 124
Masovian 57
Silesian 38
Subcarpathian 27
Lesser Poland 17
Lower Silesian 16
Greater Poland 9

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

27 families named Teter, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 189 people lived in those households, 7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 16
Virginia 5
New York 3
Maryland 2
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 265 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Teter in American newspapers,
1917–1921.

Newspaper page from The Owosso Times carrying the name Teter
The Owosso Times 1917-04-20
Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Teter
The Harlem News 1921-08-12
Newspaper page from Paragould Soliphone carrying the name Teter
Paragould Soliphone 1921-11-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Teter in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

528 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Teter. The most, 102, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 148
New South Wales 146
Queensland 102
South Australia 61
Western Australia 36
Tasmania 32
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Teter.

Who carried it

People named Teter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerzy Teter 1912–1993 · physician
  • Antoni Teter 1914–

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Teter,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States202 records

202 records of the Teter name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Randall Keith Teter

    Born 1947; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Vern Teter

    Born 1913 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Denver, Colorado; waiter from Adams County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Harm Teter

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Stella from Bremen, aged 55; coachman. From Hanover, Germany; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 202 records for Teter in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Teter name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymond Emile Teter

    Born 1915 in Nancy; died 1981 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Josette Christiane Teter

    Born 1944 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 2000 in Gaillard (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fernande Simone Teter

    Born 1914 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1988 in Ambilly (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Teter name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence La Rue Teter

    Died 1945; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Teter name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Abraham Teter

    Married in 1635 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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