Telles Surname

11,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Telles Surname Definition:

"Tello" (see) from which is derived the surname "Tellez" means morning star.

Galician name. Later in Seville.

See Buentello, Santellan.

Telles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil26,4031:8,108512
Mexico9,1731:13,5321,239
United States5,1841:69,9198,121
Venezuela1,3761:21,9511,545
Colombia1,2291:38,8722,204
Cuba1,0871:10,600899
Nicaragua9461:6,365584
Philippines8201:123,46121,210
Portugal7641:13,6361,076
Peru7091:44,8304,007
Argentina3731:114,5949,663
Guatemala3481:46,2152,197
Costa Rica3131:15,272621
El Salvador2961:21,432953
Paraguay1931:37,4961,195
Honduras1711:51,5581,261
India1631:4,705,923120,533
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Chile1321:133,4584,712
Uruguay1291:26,6033,085
France1211:548,94874,759
Spain931:502,71025,213
Ecuador801:198,8237,830
Suriname641:8,6352,172
England621:898,67846,462
Israel371:231,28721,601
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Guyana91:84,6916,279
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Panama51:782,45211,059
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Wales41:773,63329,106
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2671:188,08516,600

The alternate forms: Télles (4) are calculated separately.

Telles (303) may also be a first name.

Telles Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Tello" (see) from which is derived the surname "Tellez" means morning star.

Galician name. Later in Seville.

See Buentello, Santellan.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Telles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telles (Marathi: टेलेस, Russian: Теллес) occurs most in Brazil. It may be rendered as: Télles. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telles? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,091st most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 143,920 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Telles are found; 61 percent are found in South America and 52 percent are found in Luso-South America. Telles is also the 505,965th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 303 people.

The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 26,403 people, or 1 in 8,108. In Brazil Telles is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 23 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 22 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 17 percent reside. Barring Brazil it occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Telles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Telles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Telles last name rose 1,942 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 6,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Telles Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Telles surname are 40.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.6% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Telles earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 0.4% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,462 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.56% less than the national average, earning R 55,704 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.75% more than the national average, earning $23,779,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.44% less than the national average, earning $39,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.4% more than the national average, earning $55,347 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Télles944/
Telless9231/
Telleis9226/
Tuelles9225/
Tielles9224/
Tellesz9214/
Tellies9212/
Telleus929/
Thelles922/
Tellles922/
Toelles921/
Teylles921/
Teelles921/
Teulles921/
Telle914,166/
Tells9163/
Tlles912/
Tellesch8634/
Tellesås8633/
Telleysh8623/
Thelleus864/
Thielles861/
Telletts860/
Thellets860/
Tellez83219,104/
Teller839,179/
Tellis833,579/
Toelle831,168/
Tilles831,092/
Tellei83748/
Telley83474/
Telleh83386/
Thelle83231/
Tuells83171/
Tellie83110/
Tellep8369/
Teulle8357/
Tellex8340/
Tielle8327/
Tellge8324/
Tellet8319/
Tellys8310/
Tellec8310/
Tellås839/
Teelle837/
Tuelle837/
Tellee837/
Telled836/
Tellea833/
Teeles832/
Teales832/
Teiles832/
Tylles830/
Tles8029/
Tels8012/
Tlle805/
Telliez771,345/
Tellios77175/
Tellish77105/
Tellett7777/
Tillges7765/
Tellice7744/
Theulle7739/
Tillies7729/
Tellhed7725/
Thielle7716/
Thilles7716/
Tuellez7715/
Tilless7715/
Tesller7712/
Thellis7710/
Theales775/
Thuelle775/
Tuellie774/
Telliss772/
Tellezz772/
Thoelle771/
Teellez771/
Teillez771/
Thellet771/
Thelley771/
Thellez771/
Tailles771/
Thellys771/
Tellaez771/
Telleih771/
Telllez771/
Thaelle771/
Tellerr771/
Tillets770/
Tuilles770/
Tuelley770/
Tilleus770/
Theiles770/
Tilleys770/
Tella7328,008/
Telli7326,969/
Telly7310,794/
Tölle734,413/
Tille732,869/
Tills73598/
Taels73314/
Tiels73212/
Telse7365/
Tylle7351/
Tülle7348/
Telje7333/
Tlesh7324/
Tlaes7322/
Teels7318/
Tølle7315/
Tälle7314/
Tleis737/
Tlley737/
Thels736/
Tellz734/
Tless733/
Ķelle733/
Toels732/
Tleas731/
Tller731/
Tloes731/
Thles731/
Tllea731/
Teuls731/
Tellý731/
Tleys731/
Tuels731/
Tllez731/
Tlies730/
Tllie730/
Telsh730/
Thelliez711,098/
Thielley7126/
Thillies7115/
Tellisch7112/
Tillesse717/
Tillesch717/
Telleher711/
Tillhest711/
Thelliss711/
Thillges711/
Telleche711/
Tilletts710/
Tilley6737,421/
Tiller6716,157/
Tillis673,774/
Tellai672,069/
Tillet671,935/
Tillie671,436/
Téllez671,032/
Thiels67718/
Tellia67697/
Thille67449/
Tayles67267/
Teella67253/
Tellér67165/
Thaels67164/
Tellaa67163/
Tielli67132/
Tüller67107/
Tellio67104/
Tiella6798/
Telstø6779/
Thelly6764/
Tle6735/
Tailes6734/
Tèllez6732/
Tillge6730/
Telloa6729/
Thelli6728/
Tilleh6728/
Tuille6721/
Ttllez6719/
Telliz6718/
Tls6714/
Tillea6713/
Toiles6712/
Telsch678/
Tyllis678/
Thills678/
Telche678/
Tleiss677/
Tellip677/
Tillez677/
Teelez676/
Tilleu676/
Tleush675/
Tellla675/
Tellaj675/
Ttella674/
Tellay674/
Telléz674/
Telshe674/
Tellii673/
Tellezová672/
Telloi672/
Tielly672/
Telloy672/
Tylesh671/
Tleyss671/
Toehls671/
Teelli671/
Telletche671/
Thelsh671/
Thlesh671/
Thllis671/
Thloes671/
Tillee671/
Tellli671/
Telleache671/
Tellha671/
Tellix671/
Tillys671/
Toelli671/
Tíller671/
Thylle671/
Tëllez671/
Teilez671/
Telléd671/
Teldje671/
Te'ele671/
Thllet671/
Tillei671/
Tillex671/
Tliesh671/
Tleise671/
Toyles670/
Tlleth670/
Tellit670/

Telles Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telles in the Marathi language
टेलेसtelesa66.67
टेलीसtelisa33.33
Telles in the Russian language
Теллесtelles-

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