Téllez Surname
Approximately 1,032 people bear this surname
Téllez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 664 | 1:186,937 | 5,219 |
| Spain | 168 | 1:278,286 | 17,191 |
| Colombia | 63 | 1:758,319 | 8,254 |
| Nicaragua | 38 | 1:158,450 | 2,273 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Bolivia | 17 | 1:624,496 | 4,427 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Tellez (219,104), Tèllez (32), Tëllez (1), Telléz (4) & Tëllëz (1) are calculated separately.
Téllez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Téllez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Téllez is found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Tellez, Tèllez, Tëllez, Telléz or Tëllëz. Click here for other potential spellings of Téllez.
How Common Is The Last Name Téllez? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 352,942nd most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,061,576 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Téllez reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Hispano-North America.
The last name Téllez is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is held by 664 people, or 1 in 186,937. In Mexico Téllez is most common in: Mexico City, where 29 percent reside, México, where 22 percent reside and Puebla, where 10 percent reside. Besides Mexico it is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 16 percent reside and Colombia, where 6 percent reside.
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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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- 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 Téllez
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