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
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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) occurs most in Mali. It may occur as a variant: Tellý. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Telly? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,862nd most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 675,148 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Telly are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 67,888th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 8,581 people.
The surname Telly is most numerous in Mali, where it is held by 9,358 people, or 1 in 1,813. Apart from Mali this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Telly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Telly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Telly last name expanded 253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Telly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Telly surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Telly surname are 23.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.36% being registered with 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
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- 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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