Find out how popular the last name Teagarden is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Teagarden.

Teagarden, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Teagarden surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Teagarden in America

Teagarden is the 43206th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Teagarden surname appeared 500 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Teagarden.

We can also compare 2010 data for Teagarden to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Teagarden

The surname Teagarden is believed to have originated in England, likely in the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be a locational name, derived from a place name that combined the Old English words "te(a)" meaning a stream or brook, and "garde" meaning an enclosed area or yard. This suggests the name may have referred to someone who lived near a stream or brook within an enclosed area or yard.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the parish records of St. Mary's Church in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, where a Thomas Teagarden was baptized in 1637. Another early reference can be found in the Register of the University of Oxford from 1655, which lists a student named John Teagarden.

In the late 17th century, a William Teagarden is recorded as having been born in Warwickshire, England, in 1675. He later emigrated to the American colonies, settling in Virginia in the early 1700s. This suggests that the name had spread from its initial English origins to other parts of the British Isles and eventually across the Atlantic.

One notable individual with the surname Teagarden was Jack Teagarden, an American jazz trombonist and singer who was born in 1905 in Vernon, Texas. He played with some of the most renowned jazz musicians of the early and mid-20th century, including Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, and is considered one of the most influential trombonists in the history of jazz.

Another important figure was Norma Teagarden, an American psychologist and author who was born in 1911 in Oklahoma. She made significant contributions to the field of psychology, particularly in the area of child development, and authored several books on parenting and child-rearing.

In the realm of literature, Thomas Teagarden was an American novelist and short story writer who was born in 1938 in Arkansas. He is best known for his novel "The Ghost-Writer's Ghost" and his collection of short stories titled "All the Mirrors in the House."

The surname Teagarden can also be found in the historical records of other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, likely as a result of migration from England and other parts of the British Isles in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Overall, while not an extremely common surname, Teagarden has a long and rich history, with its roots traceable back to England and its meaning connected to the landscape and geographic features of the areas where it originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Teagarden

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Teagarden.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Teagarden was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Teagarden has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Teagarden was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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