Tello Surname
Approximately 166,130 people bear this surname
Tello Surname Definition:
Of unknown geographic distribution. Name of village near Barbastro. Found in latin manuscripts, but meaning is unknown.
Galician name. Later in Seville.
See Buentello, Santellán, Telles.
Tello Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 44,574 | 1:713 | 99 |
| Mexico | 36,011 | 1:3,447 | 471 |
| Argentina | 22,375 | 1:1,910 | 247 |
| Spain | 9,548 | 1:4,897 | 606 |
| United States | 9,310 | 1:38,932 | 4,805 |
| Colombia | 9,196 | 1:5,195 | 762 |
| Ecuador | 8,883 | 1:1,791 | 313 |
| Guatemala | 7,984 | 1:2,014 | 330 |
| Chile | 7,912 | 1:2,227 | 398 |
| Panama | 2,149 | 1:1,821 | 290 |
| Venezuela | 2,076 | 1:14,549 | 1,189 |
| Philippines | 2,032 | 1:49,822 | 8,170 |
| Syria | 687 | 1:28,095 | 1,870 |
| France | 466 | 1:142,538 | 21,961 |
| Brazil | 425 | 1:503,704 | 18,988 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Canada | 226 | 1:163,034 | 16,442 |
| Costa Rica | 205 | 1:23,317 | 781 |
| Portugal | 189 | 1:55,123 | 3,035 |
| Turkey | 176 | 1:442,167 | 26,106 |
| Cuba | 172 | 1:66,993 | 2,456 |
| Dominican Republic | 146 | 1:71,458 | 3,346 |
| Uruguay | 96 | 1:35,747 | 4,143 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| Belize | 44 | 1:8,079 | 1,169 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Guyana | 39 | 1:19,544 | 2,478 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| Lebanon | 28 | 1:201,324 | 8,427 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Jamaica | 19 | 1:151,050 | 5,132 |
| Congo | 18 | 1:277,172 | 8,776 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Telló (3) are calculated separately.
Tello (5,606) may also be a first name.
Tello Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of unknown geographic distribution. Name of village near Barbastro. Found in latin manuscripts, but meaning is unknown.
Galician name. Later in Seville.
See Buentello, Santellán, Telles.
Tello Demographics
Tello Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tello Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tello Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tello (Arabic: تيليو, Georgian: ტელლო, Russian: Телло) is found most frequently in Peru. It can also appear as a variant: Telló. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tello? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,371st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,867 people. Tello occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Tello reside; 58 percent reside in South America and 32 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 89,456th most numerous given name internationally, held by 5,606 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Peru, where it is carried by 44,574 people, or 1 in 713. In Peru Tello is mostly concentrated in: Lima Province, where 33 percent reside, Cajamarca Region, where 10 percent reside and Loreto Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Peru it is found in 102 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 22 percent reside and Argentina, where 13 percent reside.
Tello Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tello has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tello surname grew 77,583 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tello Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tello surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tello last name are 5.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tello earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 35.56% less than the national average, earning 223,022 kr per year; in Peru they earn 5.51% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,317 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning $21,485,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.5% less than the national average, earning $37,324 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.16% less than the national average, earning $43,643 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tello Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tello in the Georgian language | ||
| ტელლო | tello | - |
| Tello in the Russian language | ||
| Телло | tello | - |
| Tello in the Arabic language | ||
| تيليو | tylyw | - |
| تللو | tllw | - |
| تليو | tlyw | - |
| تيللو | tyllw | - |
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