Meaning of the surname Tepale
Tepale is a Nahuatl surname of the indigenous type meaning "uncertain". It is an uncommon surname in Mexico. A Puebla surname listed among living Nahua surnames; etymology uncertain.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or the popular reading is folk etymology. The page gives the best-supported explanation.
Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Tepale appears as either half of a pair: Tepale García, López Tepale. Read how the two-surname system works.