Telling Surname
Approximately 2,384 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 864 | 1:64,488 | 7,524 |
| United States | 617 | 1:587,454 | 47,985 |
| Denmark | 247 | 1:22,853 | 2,322 |
| Australia | 157 | 1:171,947 | 17,598 |
| South Africa | 94 | 1:576,359 | 44,560 |
| Estonia | 92 | 1:14,367 | 2,255 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Greenland | 11 | 1:5,125 | 525 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 520 | 1:46,876 | 5,805 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
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]
Formed like Winning, which see.
For Tellon, or Tallens. Ranulph and John de Talance, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).
From the Flemish, Telen, Tellin; from the Dutch, Telling; a personal name.
Telling Demographics
Telling Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tellings | 93 | 129 | / |
| Tielling | 93 | 24 | / |
| Thelling | 93 | 3 | / |
| Tuelling | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tellin | 92 | 439 | / |
| Thielling | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tilling | 86 | 3,001 | / |
| Telleng | 86 | 69 | / |
| Thellin | 86 | 42 | / |
| Tellina | 86 | 33 | / |
| Tülling | 86 | 17 | / |
| Tellien | 86 | 14 | / |
| Tylling | 86 | 12 | / |
| Tegling | 86 | 7 | / |
| Telläng | 86 | 2 | / |
| Toellin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tellink | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tellion | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tling | 83 | 24 | / |
| Telng | 83 | 23 | / |
| Telln | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tillings | 80 | 110 | / |
| Thiellin | 80 | 24 | / |
| Teheling | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thilling | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuilling | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tellinck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tillin | 77 | 140 | / |
| Tellen | 77 | 89 | / |
| Tellyn | 77 | 35 | / |
| Tellne | 77 | 7 | / |
| Teglin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tillng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tällin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tyllin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thling | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tlin | 73 | 45 | / |
| Tlng | 73 | 18 | / |
| Teln | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tlln | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thellen | 71 | 211 | / |
| Telleen | 71 | 157 | / |
| Tillion | 71 | 50 | / |
| Toellen | 71 | 42 | / |
| Tillien | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tellyna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tehelin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dttling | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tuellyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taellen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gytling | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tuellen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tellent | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tuillin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thellend | 67 | 286 | / |
| Thiellen | 67 | 73 | / |
| Telne | 67 | 72 | / |
| Thillien | 67 | 46 | / |
| Tellenne | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tlyng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taeln | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teeln | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thillion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theln | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thuellen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tlinn | 67 | 0 | / |
Telling Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telling in the Russian language | ||
| Теллинг | telling | - |
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