Teller Surname

55,347th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

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.

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Teller Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7651:76,0678,702
Germany1,7011:47,3286,200
Israel6831:12,5291,912
Hungary2391:41,0724,392
Belgium2001:57,4839,311
Spain1561:299,69318,077
Poland1141:333,41038,248
Brazil1131:1,894,46360,739
England951:586,50635,379
Denmark901:62,7196,319
Estonia881:15,0202,406
Canada861:428,43737,472
Honduras701:125,9491,847
Austria641:133,05418,198
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
France511:1,302,406132,002
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Nigeria501:3,542,855104,248
Australia471:574,37741,856
Colombia411:1,165,2219,805
Nicaragua411:146,8562,200
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
India111:69,733,217610,955
Barbados101:28,7451,389
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Greenland71:8,054710
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
China61:227,886,92811,701
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Panama41:978,06412,245
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0591:47,4215,430

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 Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(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.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Teller: a tentmaker. Old English for a tent was teld.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellér94165/
Tellier9218,015/
Tueller92707/
Toeller92267/
Teiller92191/
Theller9286/
Tellerd9247/
Telleir9246/
Tellert9246/
Tesller9212/
Teyller922/
Tellere921/
Teuller921/
Tieller921/
Tellerr921/
Tellear920/
Telle914,166/
Tller911/
Thellier861,521/
Theiller86474/
Teillere8645/
Thealler8610/
Telleher861/
Tehllier861/
Tuellier860/
Tellez83219,104/
Telles8350,636/
Tiller8316,157/
Töller831,363/
Toelle831,168/
Tellei83748/
Telley83474/
Telleh83386/
Tealer83360/
Thelle83231/
Teeler83171/
Tetler83136/
Teiler83134/
Tellie83110/
Teyler83110/
Tüller83107/
Tyller83104/
Tellep8369/
Teulle8357/
Tielle8327/
Tellge8324/
Tellet8319/
Teelle837/
Tuelle837/
Tellee837/
Telled836/
Tellea833/
Teallr831/
Tíller831/
Tellir830/
Tellyr830/
Thiellier8048/
Thelleire8037/
Theillere8030/
Tellerová8018/
Tlle805/
Tler804/
Thaellier801/
Thuellier801/
Theiler774,981/
Tillier772,707/
Teitler77559/
Tailler77278/
Tillert77130/
Tillger77102/
Tellett7777/
Theeler7767/
Tillere7761/
Theulle7739/
Telless7731/
Thiller7730/
Theyler7726/
Telleis7726/
Tellhed7725/
Tayller7717/
Thielle7716/
Tellesz7714/
Tuiller7711/
Tellior7710/
Toiller779/
Tillerd775/
Thuelle775/
Tuellie774/
Thüller774/
Teihler774/
Tuelljr773/
Tettler772/
Tellezz772/
Tellles772/
Thoelle771/
Teellez771/
Teetler771/
Tillher771/
Thellet771/
Thelley771/
Teelles771/
Tölller771/
Teilher771/
Telleih771/
Telllez771/
Tioller771/
Thaelle771/
Tisller771/
Thyller771/
Tuelley770/
Thetler770/
Thealer770/
Teytler770/
Tella7328,008/
Telli7326,969/
Telly7310,794/
Tölle734,413/
Tille732,869/
Tylle7351/
Tülle7348/
Tølle7315/
Tälle7314/
Tlley737/
Ķelle733/
Tlles732/
Thler732/
Dtler731/
Tllea731/
Tleer731/
Tellý731/
Tlier731/
Tllez731/
Tllie730/
Tlerd730/
Tlehr730/
Thillier71389/
Tilleard71183/
Thuiller71166/
Tellesch7134/
Tellesås7133/
Thielley7126/
Telleysh7123/
Thioller714/
Tilleyre712/
Teithler711/
Tahyller711/
Telletts710/
Thellets710/
Htillier710/
Theelher710/
Tilley6737,421/
Tayler675,630/
Tellis673,579/
Tellai672,069/
Tillet671,935/
Tillie671,436/
Tilles671,092/
Téllez671,032/
Tellia67697/
Thille67449/
Titler67407/
Tailer67292/
Teella67253/
Tellaa67163/
Tielli67132/
Tellio67104/
Tiella6798/
Tillerová6790/
Tyllerová6768/
Thelly6764/
Tle6735/
Tèllez6732/
Tillge6730/
Telloa6729/
Thelli6728/
Tilleh6728/
Tuille6721/
Ttllez6719/
Telliz6718/
Tillea6713/
Toyler6711/
Tájler6711/
Tellip677/
Tillez677/
Tilleu676/
Tellla675/
Toiler675/
Tellaj675/
Ttella674/
Tellay674/
Telléz674/
Télles674/
Tyllerova674/
Thuilleur674/
Tellii673/
Tylher673/
Telloi672/
Tielly672/
Tillerova672/
Telloy672/
Thyler671/
Tuiler671/
Teelli671/
Teilre671/
Tayllr671/
Tillee671/
Tellli671/
Tellha671/
Toelli671/
Thylle671/
Tëllez671/
Telléd671/
Te'ele671/
Thllet671/
Tillei671/
Tlheer671/
Tillir670/
Tlleth670/
Tellit670/
Tuyler670/

Teller Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Teller in the Russian language
Теллерteller-

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