Tetley
surname · Latin script
Meaning: person from Tetley, an unidentified place probably in Yorkshire
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tetley is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Tetley, an unidentified place probably in Yorkshire.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tetley is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from an unidentified place, perhaps named from the OE 608 Thirkill Thaysen roof). See also Thacker and Theaker, and Decker i for cogns. Fedinin, Fedyshin, Fed(e)nev, Fedchin, Fedishchev. Beloruss.: Fedorkevich, Khodasevich, Khadkevich. Pol.: Chodkiewicz. Habitation name: Pol.: Fedorowski. Thaysen see Thiess
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, from an unidentified place, perhaps named from the OE byname Ttzta or its ON cogn. Teitr (cf. Tait) + OE leak wood, clearing.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, Glen, US modern dancer; tea
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, manufacturer
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
- Francis Tetleyb. 1817British brewer
- Joseph Tetleyb. 1825GBNew Zealand politician and fraudster
- James Tetleyb. 1843GBBritish Archdeacon
- Walter Tetleyb. 1915USAmerican voice actor (1915–1975)
- Nigel Tetleyb. 1924GBBritish sailor
- Glen Tetleyb. 1926USAmerican ballet and modern dancer (1926-2007)
- William Tetleyb. 1927CACanadian politician (1927–2014)
- Bill Tetleyb. 1933CACanadian male curler (1933-2003)
- Ian Tetleyb. 1962CACanadian male curler and coach
- Chris Tetleyb. 1974GBEnglish cricketer (born 1974)
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 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.5K | #4,817 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 456 | #44,430 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 447 | #50,535 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 418 | #50,106 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #37,740 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #167,500 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tetley mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Tetley, an unidentified place probably in Yorkshire. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Tetley have the most bearers?
- Tetley is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tetley”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.