Tellesen Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greenland
Highest density in:
Greenland

Tellesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tellesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greenland181:3,132341
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Denmark131:434,20928,556

Tellesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tellesen has its highest incidence in Greenland. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tellesen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Tellesen reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Dano-North America.

The surname Tellesen is most commonly used in Greenland, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,132. Aside from Greenland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent live and Denmark, where 28 percent live.

Tellesen Last Name Statistics demography

Tellesen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning $38,893 USD per year.

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Tellesen
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