The Telle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 356 people carried this name — #57,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 337 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 489 people named Telle.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Telle live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
454 people named Telle is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Telle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Reinier Telle 1558–1618
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Friedrich Wilhelm Telle 1798–1862 · composer
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Rebecca Telle 1826–1905
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Henry Telle 1827–1883 · barber
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Martha Telle Cannon 1846–1928
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Katherine Lowenstein 1860–1922
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Telle.
- Tejedor 173 · U.S. census
- Tejero 372 · U.S. census
- Tekin 310 · U.S. census
- Telemaque 425 · U.S. census
- Tell 1,536 · U.S. census
- Tella 435 · U.S. census
- Tellechea 364 · U.S. census
- Tellez 22,494 · U.S. census
- Tellier 1,843 · U.S. census
- Tello 11,512 · U.S. census
- Tempesta 724 · U.S. census
- Temple 22,549 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Telle is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.