Téllez Surname
Approximately 1,032 people bear this surname
Téllez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 664 | 1:186,937 | 5,219 |
| Spain | 168 | 1:278,286 | 17,191 |
| Colombia | 63 | 1:758,319 | 8,254 |
| Nicaragua | 38 | 1:158,450 | 2,273 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Bolivia | 17 | 1:624,496 | 4,427 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Tellez (219,104), Tèllez (32), Tëllez (1), Telléz (4) & Tëllëz (1) are calculated separately.
Téllez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Téllez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Téllez is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Tellez, Tèllez, Tëllez, Telléz or Tëllëz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Téllez? popularity and diffusion
It is the 352,942nd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,061,576 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Téllez are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
It is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 664 people, or 1 in 186,937. In Mexico Téllez is primarily concentrated in: Mexico City, where 29 percent are found, México, where 22 percent are found and Puebla, where 10 percent are found. Besides Mexico this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 16 percent are found and Colombia, where 6 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Téllez
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