Tet
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈtɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tet is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.2M(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 73K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 186K
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.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 73K (inferred from the name graph)
≈450 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tet 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Tet | 25 |
| US United States | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | listed | Tet | 78 |
| IT Italy | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 551K | — | Tet | 3 |
| PH Philippines | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Tet | 31 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Tet | 22 |
| SG Singapore | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Tet | 17 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 744K | 12 | Tet | 8 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 251K | — | Tet | 9 |
| IN India | 9 | 1 in 147M | 9 | — | 8 |
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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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)
Tet 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 English, Vietnamese New Year
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Akan, er e t d, i. a. = tetere. — J2, n. breadth. — 3. a broad place for holding council
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Russian, var of Teto.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In gdd, ladder (a pole used as a ladder), stairs, step (anything that may serve as a step); a small tree standing near a large one used as a ladder; a bridge; wharf; companionway, stile, gangway, catwalk, drawbridge
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bzq, improvised bridge made of a single plank or tree trunk
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- De Gelenot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 125103
- De Langnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 161018
- De baonot in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 138503
- De Yunot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 148475
- De Yinot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 154378
- De Kuinot in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 69504
- De Chengnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 402833
- De Shengnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 402834
- De Liannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 402835
- De Ennot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 402836
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tet mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Tet?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 450 people named Tet in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tet.
- How common is the name Tet?
- In India, the national register counted 9 people named Tet, about 1 in 147 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Tet”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.