Telling Surname

179,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Greenland

Telling Surname Definition:

(English) the Anglo-Saxon Tæling = Tæl’s Son [Old English ge)tæl, swift; with the son suff.

-ing]

Telling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8641:64,4887,524
United States6171:587,45447,985
Denmark2471:22,8532,322
Australia1571:171,94717,598
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Estonia921:14,3672,255
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
Indonesia481:2,755,192158,430
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Wales321:96,7047,743
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Greenland111:5,125525
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Finland81:687,08836,047
India61:127,844,230863,365
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
France31:22,140,907385,998
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5201:46,8765,805
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Telling (41) may also be a first name.

Telling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) the Anglo-Saxon Tæling = Tæl’s Son [Old English ge)tæl, swift; with the son suff.

-ing]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Formed like Winning, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

For Tellon, or Tallens. Ranulph and John de Talance, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Flemish, Telen, Tellin; from the Dutch, Telling; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Telling Last Name Facts

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

Telling (Russian: Теллинг) occurs most in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telling? popularity and diffusion

The last name Telling is the 179,010th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,056,857 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Telling are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 38 percent are found in British Isles. Telling is also the 1,590,275th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 864 people, or 1 in 64,488. In England Telling is mostly concentrated in: Wiltshire, where 13 percent are found, Gloucestershire, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 12 percent are found. Beside England this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Denmark, where 10 percent are found.

Telling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Telling has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Telling surname increased 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 845 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 291 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Telling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Telling are 7.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.95% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Telling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.79% less than the national average, earning R 133,572 per year; in United States they earn 7.7% more than the national average, earning $46,470 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.2% more than the national average, earning $49,781 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellings93129/
Tielling9324/
Thelling933/
Tuelling931/
Tellin92439/
Thielling881/
Tilling863,001/
Telleng8669/
Thellin8642/
Tellina8633/
Tülling8617/
Tellien8614/
Tylling8612/
Tegling867/
Telläng862/
Toellin861/
Tellink860/
Tellion860/
Tling8324/
Telng8323/
Telln831/
Tillings80110/
Thiellin8024/
Teheling803/
Thilling801/
Tuilling800/
Tellinck800/
Tillin77140/
Tellen7789/
Tellyn7735/
Tellne777/
Teglin772/
Tillng771/
Tällin771/
Tyllin771/
Thling771/
Tlin7345/
Tlng7318/
Teln734/
Tlln731/
Thellen71211/
Telleen71157/
Tillion7150/
Toellen7142/
Tillien715/
Tellyna714/
Tehelin711/
Dttling711/
Tuellyn711/
Taellen711/
Gytling710/
Tuellen710/
Tellent710/
Tuillin710/
Thellend67286/
Thiellen6773/
Telne6772/
Thillien6746/
Tellenne6721/
Tlyng673/
Taeln672/
Teeln671/
Thillion671/
Theln671/
Thuellen670/
Tlinn670/

Telling Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telling in the Russian language
Теллингtelling-

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