T-E

surname · Latin script

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

T-E is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in New Zealand than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 36K
  • USUnited States1 in 429K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

New Zealand (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
272 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Te in US United States, NZ New Zealand, AU Australia and 2 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)

recorded in Korean

源 出 不 详 。 江 西新 余 有 此 姓 , 见 《 中 华 古 今 姓氏 大 辞典 》(561 ) 。 任 ren

Sources 7

Where in the world(measured from records)

T-E 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 T-E is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NZ New Zealand≈1,400 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Te125
US United States7751 in 429K1.7KTe272
AU Australia≈720 est.≈1 in 36K2Te130
JP Japan≈510 est.≈1 in 244Klisted——
DE Germany≈310 est.≈1 in 261K—Te108
CL Chile≈110 est.≈1 in 163K1—1
HK Hong Kong≈91 est.≈1 in 80K—Te14
CH Switzerland≈58 est.≈1 in 144K42—11

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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

T-E is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Tè̂, Tē, Tế, Té, Tề

  • French surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, France, Morocco, Canada

    Also written Te, Té, Tè, Tê, Tệ

  • Arabic surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Syria

    Also written Té, Tè, Tê, Ťë, Ťe

6 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists T-E under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does T-E have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named T-E in New Zealand, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled te.
How common is the name T-E?
In the United States, the national register counted 775 people named T-E in 2020, about 1 in 429 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, “T-E”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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