Tett

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from OE *Tetta, found in several place-names; masculine form of Tette; first attested Robertus filius Tetle 1166 P (Nf)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

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

Tett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 281K
  • GHGhana≈1 in 369K

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 Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈230 people, est.

Record sources
138 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 281K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

from OE *Tetta, found in several place-names; masculine form of Tette; first attested Robertus filius Tetle 1166 P (Nf)

Cited for this meaning 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Tett 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 Tett is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom≈230 est.≈1 in 281K387Tett77
US United States1811 in 1.8M181Tett138
GH Ghana≈79 est.≈1 in 369K—Tett6
KE Kenya≈57 est.≈1 in 935K—Tett8
AU Australia≈37 est.≈1 in 695K—Tett34
DO Dominican Republic≈15 est.≈1 in 685K—Tett2
NZ New Zealand≈9 est.≈1 in 547K—Tett12
IE Ireland≈8 est.≈1 in 666K—Tett5

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). 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)

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

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Tẹtt

  • Vietnamese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam

    Also written Tẹtt, Tẹt-T

  • Danish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Tétt

29 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)

Tett 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 Hungarian, third-person singular indicative past indefinite of tesz

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

  • In sco, alternative spelling of tait (lock of matted hair)

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

  • In Turkish, initialism of tavsiye edilen tüketim tarihi

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

  • In Swedish, supine of te

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

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, tight

    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)
  • Hugh Tettb. 1906Tett, Sir Hugh Charles (1906–2001), industrialist
  • Gillian Tettb. 1967GBBritish journalist

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 Tett,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Tett
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002387#13,745
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010181#99,845
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020176#107,521
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000161#103,193
US United Stateswru 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)

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 Tett mean, and where does it come from?
from OE *Tetta, found in several place-names; masculine form of Tette; first attested Robertus filius Tetle 1166 P (Nf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Tett?
A machine transcription gives /tɪt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Tett have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 234 people named Tett in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tett.
How common is the name Tett?
In the United States, the national register counted 181 people named Tett in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million 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, “Tett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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