Telletxea Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Telletxea Surname User-submission:
This is a Basque surname. Its etymology comes from teila (tile) and etxe (house), meaning 'house with roof tiles'. Before the advent of the tile as a building material for roofs, hence the name, the coverings were made with firewood, branches and wood.
Read More About This SurnameTelletxea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 525 | 1:89,051 | 7,502 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Telletxea Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Basque surname. Its etymology comes from teila (tile) and etxe (house), meaning 'house with roof tiles'. Before the advent of the tile as a building material for roofs, hence the name, the coverings were made with firewood, branches and wood.
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Where Does The Last Name Telletxea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Telletxea is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telletxea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 589,215th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Telletxea reside; 99 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 89,051. In Spain Telletxea is mostly found in: Basque Country, where 68 percent reside, Navarre, where 32 percent reside and Galicia, where 0 percent reside. Other than Spain this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 0 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tellaetxea | 95 | 1 | / |
| Telletxe | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tellaetxe | 89 | 79 | / |
| Telletzea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Teiletxea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Telletchea | 84 | 3 | / |
| Tellechea | 78 | 7,875 | / |
| Telleceha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Telletche | 78 | 1 | / |
| Telleze | 75 | 2 | / |
| Telletchéa | 74 | 12 | / |
| Tellecha | 71 | 7 | / |
| Telleche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tellechêa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tellechéa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telleache | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tletsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tellice | 63 | 44 | / |
| Tilleze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tellize | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tilleyze | 59 | 1 | / |
| Tletcher | 59 | 1 | / |
| Tellicier | 56 | 2 | / |
| Te'elecha | 56 | 1 | / |
| Tellici | 50 | 27 | / |
| Tilleci | 50 | 6 | / |
| Tillize | 50 | 1 | / |
| Thleize | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Telletxea
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