Tel Surname

47,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Tel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,1051:25,0632,862
Indonesia2,2241:59,4656,544
Bangladesh1,1721:135,9705,321
Netherlands8201:20,5943,254
France6881:96,54514,116
India4541:1,689,57161,245
Iran3641:210,94116,748
Cambodia3451:44,8901,763
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Philippines1801:562,43562,921
Brazil1701:1,259,26143,260
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Spain1301:359,63120,401
Pakistan1021:1,751,41117,795
United States941:3,855,946211,262
Northern Cyprus611:5,2301,063
Papua New Guinea551:148,24920,445
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Italy401:1,528,91781,534
Serbia391:183,20411,620
Canada391:944,75971,777
England321:1,741,18971,393
Cameroon231:903,00360,285
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Ukraine191:2,395,931155,639
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
Mauritania61:682,47721,744
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Oman41:921,9937,313
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Tél (17) are calculated separately.

Tel (1,585) may also be a first name.

Tel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tel (Arabic: تل, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻞ, Hindi: तेल, Marathi: टेल, Oriya: େତଲ) is most common in Turkey. It may occur as: Tél. Click here for further potential spellings of Tel.

How Common Is The Last Name Tel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 47,968th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 676,904 people. Tel is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Tel live; 25 percent live in West Asia and 25 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Tel is also the 194,249th most widely held first name globally, held by 1,585 people.

The last name Tel is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 3,105 people, or 1 in 25,063. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent are found, Adana Province, where 8 percent are found and Hatay Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this last name occurs in 86 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 11 percent are found.

Tel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tel has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Tel surname is primarily Orthodox (60%) in Russia.

The amount Tel earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 33.04% more than the national average, earning $57,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $47,659 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tél8917/
Teel8611,587/
Tell866,768/
Thel862,432/
Tuel861,524/
Tiel861,397/
Teul861,211/
Tael861,181/
Toel86831/
Telp86464/
Telt86275/
Teld8668/
Telh8653/
Tehl865/
Tesl863/
Htel862/
Telō861/
Tl80909/
Thiel7572,699/
Theel751,961/
Tuell751,590/
Thell751,330/
Thoel75439/
Tiell75427/
Thuel75293/
Tegli75209/
Thael75114/
Toell7528/
Dtiel7523/
Tiehl7515/
Tuehl758/
Telph756/
Teeld756/
Tellt756/
Teelp754/
Toehl753/
Teull752/
Gytel752/
Teell752/
Ttiel751/
Httel751/
Tellp751/
Taell751/
Tgeel751/
Htiel751/
Teehl751/
Htelt751/
Htoel751/
Teslt751/
Thelp750/
Til675,865/
Tyl673,306/
Tül671,077/
Thiell67258/
Thuell67142/
Telova67113/
Tlh6791/
Htl6751/
Thaell6734/
Dtl6726/
Thl6714/
Ttl6712/
Tlp6710/
Tll679/
Tld677/
Tlt671/
Thiehl671/
Telgli671/
Thelph671/
Thoell671/
Töl671/
Telowa671/
Te'ele671/

Tel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tel in the Oriya language
େତଲetala93.33
େଟଲetala4
େତଳetala2.67
Tel in the Marathi language
टेलtela80.06
तेलtela15.11
टेळtela3.02
Tel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻞtl80
ﺗﻠﻪtlh20
Tel in the Hindi language
तेलtela55.1
टेलtela40.82
पटेलpatela4.08
Tel in the Arabic language
تلtl-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tel
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