Tel Surname
Approximately 10,766 people bear this surname
Tel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,105 | 1:25,063 | 2,862 |
| Indonesia | 2,224 | 1:59,465 | 6,544 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Netherlands | 820 | 1:20,594 | 3,254 |
| France | 688 | 1:96,545 | 14,116 |
| India | 454 | 1:1,689,571 | 61,245 |
| Iran | 364 | 1:210,941 | 16,748 |
| Cambodia | 345 | 1:44,890 | 1,763 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Philippines | 180 | 1:562,435 | 62,921 |
| Brazil | 170 | 1:1,259,261 | 43,260 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Spain | 130 | 1:359,631 | 20,401 |
| Pakistan | 102 | 1:1,751,411 | 17,795 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| Northern Cyprus | 61 | 1:5,230 | 1,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Serbia | 39 | 1:183,204 | 11,620 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Tél (17) are calculated separately.
Tel (1,585) may also be a first name.
Tel Demographics
Average Tel Salary in
United States
$57,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tél | 89 | 17 | / |
| Teel | 86 | 11,587 | / |
| Tell | 86 | 6,768 | / |
| Thel | 86 | 2,432 | / |
| Tuel | 86 | 1,524 | / |
| Tiel | 86 | 1,397 | / |
| Teul | 86 | 1,211 | / |
| Tael | 86 | 1,181 | / |
| Toel | 86 | 831 | / |
| Telp | 86 | 464 | / |
| Telt | 86 | 275 | / |
| Teld | 86 | 68 | / |
| Telh | 86 | 53 | / |
| Tehl | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tesl | 86 | 3 | / |
| Htel | 86 | 2 | / |
| Telō | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tl | 80 | 909 | / |
| Thiel | 75 | 72,699 | / |
| Theel | 75 | 1,961 | / |
| Tuell | 75 | 1,590 | / |
| Thell | 75 | 1,330 | / |
| Thoel | 75 | 439 | / |
| Tiell | 75 | 427 | / |
| Thuel | 75 | 293 | / |
| Tegli | 75 | 209 | / |
| Thael | 75 | 114 | / |
| Toell | 75 | 28 | / |
| Dtiel | 75 | 23 | / |
| Tiehl | 75 | 15 | / |
| Tuehl | 75 | 8 | / |
| Telph | 75 | 6 | / |
| Teeld | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tellt | 75 | 6 | / |
| Teelp | 75 | 4 | / |
| Toehl | 75 | 3 | / |
| Teull | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gytel | 75 | 2 | / |
| Teell | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ttiel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Httel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tellp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Taell | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tgeel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Htiel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teehl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Htelt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Htoel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teslt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thelp | 75 | 0 | / |
| Til | 67 | 5,865 | / |
| Tyl | 67 | 3,306 | / |
| Tül | 67 | 1,077 | / |
| Thiell | 67 | 258 | / |
| Thuell | 67 | 142 | / |
| Telova | 67 | 113 | / |
| Tlh | 67 | 91 | / |
| Htl | 67 | 51 | / |
| Thaell | 67 | 34 | / |
| Dtl | 67 | 26 | / |
| Thl | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ttl | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tlp | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tll | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tld | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tlt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thiehl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telgli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thelph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thoell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Töl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Te'ele | 67 | 1 | / |
Tel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tel in the Oriya language | ||
| େତଲ | etala | 93.33 |
| େଟଲ | etala | 4 |
| େତଳ | etala | 2.67 |
| Tel in the Marathi language | ||
| टेल | tela | 80.06 |
| तेल | tela | 15.11 |
| टेळ | tela | 3.02 |
| Tel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻞ | tl | 80 |
| ﺗﻠﻪ | tlh | 20 |
| Tel in the Hindi language | ||
| तेल | tela | 55.1 |
| टेल | tela | 40.82 |
| पटेल | patela | 4.08 |
| Tel in the Arabic language | ||
| تل | tl | - |
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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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- 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 Tel
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