Teta
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Teta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast.
- USUnited States1 in 498K(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 87K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 117K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 178 (measured from records)
- 1 in 87K (inferred from the name graph)
668 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teta 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 668 | 1 in 498K | 668 | Teta | 178 |
| IT Italy | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 144K | listed | Teta | 10 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 253K | — | Teta | 11 |
| MA Morocco | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | Teta | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 675K | 17 | Teta | 29 |
| CH Switzerland | 72 | 1 in 117K | 72 | Teta | 6 |
| UY Uruguay | 39 | 1 in 87K | 39 | — | — |
668 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the xinhua-italian-manual register. 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)
Teta 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 Akan, adv. merely, only, nothing hut; in vain, for nothing; with a negation in the verb: not even; wanfweme teta, he did not eren (not so much as) look at me; syn. honu, Ak. bun, okwa, F. gjan, gjennyan. — ateta-de, a vain thing, vanity; ete se adehnnu bl at. biara kwa! syn. ahuhnde. — ateta-sem, o rain pursuit, ran- ify, futility; syn. ahnhnsero, asenbnnn
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In lua, to attempt, strive, try, test, make an effort or trial, endeavor.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In lua, to look for, search for, seek, hunt for.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Russian, "aunt."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In frp, alternative form of téta (“head”)
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)
- Perikli Tetab. 1941FRcivil servant
- Pablo Tetab. 1976ARArgentine zoologist
- Alessandro TetaITItalian physicist
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 28 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 668 | #34,032 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 659 | #32,823 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 641 | #37,363 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 72 | #14,223 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 39 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 17 | #100,824 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Teta mean, and where does it come from?
- boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Teta have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 668 people named Teta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled teta.
- Where is Teta most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Teta is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 87 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Teta?
- In the United States, the national register counted 668 people named Teta in 2010, about 1 in 498 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Teta?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tetaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Teta”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.