Explore the Family Name Teffeteller

The meaning of Teffeteller

Americanized form of German Diefenthäler or Tiefenthäler: habitational name for someone from Diefenthal in Alsace or from any of the three places in southern Germany called Tiefenthal, all named with Middle High German tief ‘deep’ + tal ‘valley’.

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How common is the last name Teffeteller in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Teffeteller decreased in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 41,793rd most common name, dropping to 44,109th place ten years later, a decline of 5.54%. The number of people with the surname also experienced a slight decrease. In 2000, there were 490 individuals named Teffeteller; this number dropped by 0.41% to 488 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 individuals decreased by 5.56%, from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,793	#44,109	-5.54%
Count	490	488	-0.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Teffeteller

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insights into the ethnic identities associated with the Teffeteller surname. In both 2000 and 2010, the vast majority of individuals with this last name identified as white, with a proportion slightly over 97% for both years. There was no significant change in this proportion during the decade. People identifying as Hispanic accounted for 1.43% in 2000, increasing to 2.05% in 2010, marking a rise of 43.36%. No individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.35%	97.34%	-0.01%
Hispanic	1.43%	2.05%	43.36%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%