The surname Tellez
A surname, carried by 22,494 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T420
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 22,494 people named Tellez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,726 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,320.
Who is named Tellez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Tellez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Tellezs
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gonzalo Téllez9th - 10th-Century noble, Count of Álava, Cerezo, Lantarón and Castile, 870–915
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tellez has the Soundex code T420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T420.
Questions
- How common is the surname Tellez?
- 22,494 people in the United States had the surname Tellez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,726 Americans. It ranked 1,595th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tellez?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tellez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Tellez?
- Gonzalo Téllez, 9th - 10th-Century noble, Count of Álava, Cerezo, Lantarón and Castile.
- Is the surname Tellez getting more or less common?
- More common. 15,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,494 in 2010, up 47%.