Teh
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Teh is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 1.3Kas Tao
- VNVietnam≈1 in 5.5Kas Tao
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Teh itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 338 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100,000 named Tao, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Tao in US United States, VN Vietnam, CN China and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.
Sources 1
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teh 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Tao | 174 |
| VN Vietnam | #265 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | listed | Tao | 101 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Teh | 123 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | listed | Tao | 78 |
| US United States | — | 4,759as Tao | 1 in 70K | 6K | Tao | 338 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Tao | 80 |
| HK Hong Kong | #425 | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Tao | 59 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Teh is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Khmer, P* to insult, to mock, to c en sure. (= to insult, to blame; to mock. cnscnis /teh—tab/ p. to do odd jobs. by means of odd jobs
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In English, Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Tehuelche.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In acn, to be like, resemble
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nci, you (singular), thou
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)
- Teh Gin Sooib. 1915MYbadminton player
- Teh Kew Sanb. 1935MYbadminton player
- Teh Peng Huatb. 1937MYbadminton coach and player
- Teh Mei Lingb. 1946MYbadminton player
- Teh Chong Chenb. 1970MYbadminton player
- Yee Whye Tehb. 1977MYartificial intelligence researcher
- Teh Swee Leongb. 1989MYMalaysian politician
- Jason Teh Jia Hengb. 2000SGbadminton player
- Muy-Teck Tehb. 2000GBresearcher
- Ruth TehNZNew Zealand-based gerontologist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 729 | #33,611 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 611 | #36,585 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 376 | #51,945 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 117 | #43,336 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46 | #43,336 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Teh mean, and where does it come from?
- Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Teh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Tao in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Teh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,759 people named Tao in 2020, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.
- How common is Teh compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Teh is the 265th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Teh?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tehThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Teh” — the 265th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.