Teis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname mit lateinischer Genitivendung -is/-ae; Beleg für die morphologische Patronym-Bildung

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/tɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Teis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 390K
  • PLPoland1 in 890K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

543 people

Sources
99 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 390K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Patronymischer Familienname mit lateinischer Genitivendung -is/-ae; Beleg für die morphologische Patronym-Bildung.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Teis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Teis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil5431 in 390K543——
US United States1331 in 2.5M133Teis99
PL Poland431 in 890K26——
ES Spain391 in 1.3M39Teis4
AU Australia———Teis31
MT Malta———Teis1

543 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Teis is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Teĭs, Téis

  • Croatian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Тейс

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Teis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Kurzform zu Matthias; Anlaut T/Th vs. D, mit Vokalvarianten ie/ei/y/ai; 1173 Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Platte zu t/th-Varianten bei Matthäus-/Matthias-Namensformen.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Kurzform zu Matthias; zeigt t/th-Variation. 1173.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, zu Matthias (Rufname)

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In fax, masculine plural of tei (“your”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Teis,
InformalHi Teis,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Teis?
A machine transcription gives /tɪs/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Teis mean?
Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname mit lateinischer Genitivendung -is/-ae; Beleg für die morphologische Patronym-Bildung.
In which country does Teis have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 543 people named Teis, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Teis most common?
Teis is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 390 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Teis?
In Brazil, the national register counted 543 people named Teis, about 1 in 390 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Teis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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