Telly Surname
Approximately 10,794 people bear this surname
Telly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 9,358 | 1:1,813 | 173 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 263 | 1:1,378,171 | 95,481 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| Ivory Coast | 135 | 1:170,898 | 7,689 |
| Ukraine | 123 | 1:370,103 | 45,485 |
| India | 120 | 1:6,392,212 | 146,413 |
| Mauritania | 104 | 1:39,374 | 3,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 104 | 1:482,872 | 34,278 |
The alternate forms: Tellý (1) are calculated separately.
Telly (8,581) may also be a first name.
Telly Demographics
Average Telly Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Telly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telly in the Marathi language | ||
| तेली | teli | 66.67 |
| टेली | teli | 33.33 |
| Telly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﻠﻲ | altly | 38.89 |
| ﺗﻠﻲ | tly | 30.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻠﻰ | altly | 11.11 |
| ﺗﻞ | tl | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻞ | altl | 5.56 |
| ﺗﻠﻰ | tly | 5.56 |
| Telly in the Russian language | ||
| Теллы | telly | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Telly
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