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/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Telletxea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Telletxea is the 589,215th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Telletxea are found; 99 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname Telletxea is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 89,051. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Basque Country, where 68 percent live, Navarre, where 32 percent live and Galicia, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Spain it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.
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
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