Telly Surname

47,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,794 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Telly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali9,3581:1,813173
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
United States2631:1,378,17195,481
Indonesia2181:606,64848,159
Ivory Coast1351:170,8987,689
Ukraine1231:370,10345,485
India1201:6,392,212146,413
Mauritania1041:39,3743,064
Papua New Guinea571:143,04819,694
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Congo81:623,63715,053
France71:9,488,960336,266
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
England51:11,143,612252,590
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1041:482,87234,278

The alternate forms: Tellý (1) are calculated separately.

Telly (8,581) may also be a first name.

Telly Last Name Facts

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

Telly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻠﻲ, Marathi: तेली, Russian: Теллы) is found in Mali more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Tellý. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telly? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 47,862nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 675,148 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Telly live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Mande Africa. Telly is also the 67,888th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,581 people.

Telly is most prevalent in Mali, where it is held by 9,358 people, or 1 in 1,813. Excluding Mali it occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Telly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Telly has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Telly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Telly last name are 23.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.36% registered to vote for the political party.

Telly earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellý931/
Telley91474/
Thelly9164/
Tellay914/
Tielly912/
Telloy912/
Tlly892/
Telluyp831/
Thelley831/
Theslly831/
Tuelley830/
Tella8028,008/
Telli8026,969/
Tilly807,956/
Telle804,166/
Tölly8075/
Tlley807/
Tylly806/
Thielley7726/
Telleysh7723/
Thiellay771/
Tly754/
Tellez73219,104/
Telles7350,636/
Tilley7337,421/
Teller739,179/
Tellis733,579/
Tillya732,887/
Tellai732,069/
Toelle731,168/
Tilloy731,024/
Tellei73748/
Tellia73697/
Thilly73649/
Tillay73473/
Telleh73386/
Teella73253/
Thelle73231/
Tholly73200/
Tellér73165/
Tellaa73163/
Tielli73132/
Tellie73110/
Tellio73104/
Tiella7398/
Tellep7369/
Teulle7357/
Thülly7351/
Telloa7329/
Thelli7328/
Tielle7327/
Tellge7324/
Tellet7319/
Telliz7318/
Tellip737/
Teelle737/
Tuelle737/
Tellee737/
Telled736/
Tellla735/
Tellaj735/
Ttella734/
Telléz734/
Tilliy733/
Tellea733/
Tellii733/
Telloi732/
Teelli731/
Tilluy731/
Thylly731/
Tellli731/
Tellha731/
Toelli731/
Telléd731/
Tllohy730/
Tellit730/
Thilloy67475/
Thillay67114/
Tellish67105/
Tellett6777/
Tliy6746/
Theulle6739/
Telless6731/
Telleis6726/
Tellhed6725/
Thielle6716/
Tlla6715/
Tlay6715/
Thellaa6714/
Tellesz6714/
Tesller6712/
Tellitt6710/
Thilley6710/
Tloy679/
Tlle675/
Thuelle675/
Tuellie674/
Tillley674/
Tlli674/
Tlyy674/
Tilliey673/
Tillaya673/
Telliss672/
Tellezz672/
Tellles672/
Thoelle671/
Teellez671/
Tley671/
Tellaih671/
Thellet671/
Teelles671/
Telleih671/
Telllez671/
Telloha671/
Thyllys671/
Ttellia671/
Thaelle671/
Tellaij671/
Tlya671/
Thly671/
Tellerr671/
Tuilley670/
Tilleys670/

Telly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telly in the Marathi language
तेलीteli66.67
टेलीteli33.33
Telly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺘﻠﻲaltly38.89
ﺗﻠﻲtly30.56
ﺍﻟﺘﻠﻰaltly11.11
ﺗﻞtl8.33
ﺍﻟﺘﻞaltl5.56
ﺗﻠﻰtly5.56
Telly in the Russian language
Теллыtelly-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Telly
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