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    The surname Tello

    A surname, carried by 11,512 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

    Tello: #3,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tello #3,136, 11,512 people Tello: #3,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tello #3,136, 11,512 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tello is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish personal name Tello, derived from the Latin Tellūs (“Earth”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,512 people named Tello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,819 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,707.

    #3,136
    rank among US surnames
    11,512
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,252)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,127Ricci11,53426,768
    #3,128Burkholder11,53226,773
    #3,129Poindexter11,53126,775
    #3,130Coyne11,52526,789
    #3,132Ellington11,52226,796
    #3,133Krieger11,52126,799
    #3,135Troutman11,51926,803

    Who is named Tello

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Tello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Tellos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Facundo Tello
      Argentine association football referee, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tello

    Tello has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tello come from?
    From Spanish personal name Tello, derived from the Latin Tellūs (“Earth”).
    How common is the surname Tello?
    11,512 people in the United States had the surname Tello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,819 Americans. It ranked 3,136th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tello?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tello?
    Facundo Tello, Argentine association football referee.
    Where is the surname Tello most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tello in Argentina.
    Is the surname Tello getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,512 in 2010, up 49%.