Teller Surname
Approximately 9,179 people bear this surname
Teller Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the teller,' i.e. the weaver. Old French telier, a linen-weaver.
Lithulph le Teler, 1257: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.
Henry le Telere, temp. 1310. Writs of Parliament.
Johannes Teller, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameTeller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,765 | 1:76,067 | 8,702 |
| Germany | 1,701 | 1:47,328 | 6,200 |
| Israel | 683 | 1:12,529 | 1,912 |
| Hungary | 239 | 1:41,072 | 4,392 |
| Belgium | 200 | 1:57,483 | 9,311 |
| Spain | 156 | 1:299,693 | 18,077 |
| Poland | 114 | 1:333,410 | 38,248 |
| Brazil | 113 | 1:1,894,463 | 60,739 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Denmark | 90 | 1:62,719 | 6,319 |
| Estonia | 88 | 1:15,020 | 2,406 |
| Canada | 86 | 1:428,437 | 37,472 |
| Honduras | 70 | 1:125,949 | 1,847 |
| Austria | 64 | 1:133,054 | 18,198 |
| Russia | 57 | 1:2,528,475 | 145,724 |
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Colombia | 41 | 1:1,165,221 | 9,805 |
| Nicaragua | 41 | 1:146,856 | 2,200 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Barbados | 10 | 1:28,745 | 1,389 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 46 | 1:529,899 | 28,330 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,059 | 1:47,421 | 5,430 |
The alternate forms: Tellér (165) are calculated separately.
Teller (222) may also be a first name.
Teller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the teller,' i.e. the weaver. Old French telier, a linen-weaver.
Lithulph le Teler, 1257: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.
Henry le Telere, temp. 1310. Writs of Parliament.
Johannes Teller, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Syroon Telar, 1379: ibid.
John le Teler. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Robert le Teler. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
1610. William Teler and Mary Holborne: Marriage Lic.(Westminster).
(A. - French - Latin) Cloth - Maker, Weaver [Old French tellier, telier (mod. French toilier), a weaver; from teile, Latin tela, cloth] Johannes Teller.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
Encore aujourd’hui l’on donne, en patois picard, le nom de telliers aux fabricants de toiles.— Moisy, Noms de Fam. Norm., p. 426.
(from an ancestor's occupation) Teller is the dish which identified the barber-surgeon in eastern Europe (like the striped pole in front of the present-day barber shop). This name was taken by a barber- surgeon.
Teller: a tentmaker. Old English for a tent was teld.
Teller Demographics
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Teller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teller Come From? nationality or country of origin
Teller (Russian: Теллер) is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant: Tellér. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Teller? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,347th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 793,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Teller live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Teller is also the 605,116th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 222 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 4,765 people, or 1 in 76,067. In The United States Teller is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Arizona, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.
Teller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Teller has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 207 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Teller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Teller surname are 6.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.89% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Teller earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 61.13% more than the national average, earning 557,626 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 33.66% more than the national average, earning $30,345,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $44,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $69,662 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teller in the Russian language | ||
| Теллер | teller | - |
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