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Teoh is a Chinese family name . It is a romanization of Teochew and Hokkien names, particularly simplified Chinese : 张 ; traditional Chinese : (張 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : tiuⁿ / tioⁿ ) (iin Standard Mandarin p Zhāng , or in Cantonese : Cheung ). It is also rendered as Tiu , Teo , Tio , Thio , and Tiew .
Distribution
The romanization "Teo " is the 11th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans , with 46,800 bearers making up 1.9% of that population.[ 1]
In the United States , the romanization "Tiu" was the most common during the 1990 census , ranked 32,695th overall, and the romanization "Teo" was the most common during the year 2000 census , ranked 26,141st overall.[ 2]
List of persons with the surname
Teo
Teo Chee Hean , Singaporean politician
Nicholas Teo , Malaysian Singer
Josephine Teo , Singaporean politician
Charles Teo , Australian neurosurgeon
Teo Nie Ching , Malaysian politician
Pete Teo , Malaysian singer songwriter, film composer and filmmaker
Pearry Reginald Teo , Singaporean film director/producer
Teo Ho Pin , Singaporean politician
Clement Teo , Team Manager of the S. League team, Tampines Rover
Eddie Teo , Chairman of Singapore's Public Service Commission
Kelvin Teo , Malaysian entrepreneur
Nick Teo , Singaporean Actor
Teoh
Teoh Tiang Chye , Justice of Peace in Malacca
Teoh Chye Hin , Malaysian secretary general of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Lina Teoh , or Angelina Teoh Pick Lim, Miss Malaysia, 1998.
Teoh Beng Hock , Malaysian journalist and political aide
Patrick Teoh , nickname "Voice of Malaysia", actor and radio personality in Malaysia
Lina Teoh , Miss Malaysia World 1998/1999 pageant
Jason Teoh , Malaysian politician, Chairman for MCA Gelang Patah division
David Teoh, Australian businessman and founder of TPG Telecom .
Teoh Zetong, Star Search Alumni
Thio
Tiu
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