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The Letellier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 888 people carried this name — #27,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 843 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Letellier surname

le + Tellier. Historically most prevalent in Calvados, Eure, Manche and Seine-Maritime.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Letellier» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 5,349 people named Letellier.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Seine-Maritime 1,289
Calvados 678
Eure 628
Manche 531
Paris 511
Yvelines 280
Orne 156
Nord 123

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 302 people named Letellier live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 186
Walloon Brabant 46
Flemish Brabant 31
Brussels-Capital 26
West Flanders 7
East Flanders 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Letellier live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Geneva 8
Valais 4
Lucerne 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Letellier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François Letellier
    François Letellier 1726–1803 · priest
  • François Letellier
    François Letellier 1726– · priest
  • Jean-Marie Letellier
    Jean-Marie Letellier 1767–1830 · Officer of the French Navy
  • Alphonse Letellier d. 1843 · real estate developer
  • Franciscus Letellier 1695–1785
  • François Michel Letellier 1740–1812 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Letellier.

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