# Tellis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tellis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,789 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,161 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 172,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (1,464 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tellis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Tellez, Telles, Tullis, Tillis, Toles, Tullos, Towles, Tulloch, Toulouse.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.