Teal
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From teal, a nickname given to someone considered to resemble this duck.
Proper noun
Teal (countable and uncountable, plural Teals)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A ghost town in Cole County, Missouri, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Teal is the 3976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8937 individuals. Teal is most common among White (78.43%) and Black/African American (15.63%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Teal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.