Tetzlaff

English

Alternative forms

• Teclaw

Etymology

East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.

Proper noun

Tetzlaff (plural Tetzlaffs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tetzlaff is the 17419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1620 individuals. Tetzlaff is most common among White (95.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tetzlaff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Tetzlaff in Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

Polish

Alternative forms

• Teclaf, Tecław

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛt͡s.waf/
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡swaf
• Syllabification: Tetz‧laff

Proper noun

Tetzlaff m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Tetzlaff

	singular	plural
nominative	Tetzlaff	Tetzlaffowie
genitive	Tetzlaffa	Tetzlaffów
dative	Tetzlaffowi	Tetzlaffom
accusative	Tetzlaffa	Tetzlaffów
instrumental	Tetzlaffem	Tetzlaffami
locative	Tetzlaffie	Tetzlaffach
vocative	Tetzlaffie	Tetzlaffowie

Proper noun

Tetzlaff f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Tetzlaff”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022