Given name & surname
Teka
“he has replaced”
Teka is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “he has replaced.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “he has replaced.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 236
- 0 boys · 236 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 318 as a first name in 2020; 325 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Teka’s family of names
In Greek usage, Teka as a surname is a transliteration of Τέκα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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