Tellez surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Tellez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,494 people carried this name — #1,595 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,100 people counted. That is up 47% from 15,320 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,508 people named Tellez 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 606
City of Buenos Aires 241
Mendoza 173
Jujuy 82
Formosa 77
Salta 59
Córdoba 54
Río Negro 53

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Tellez.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Haute-Garonne 8
Aude 3
Gironde 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Paris 2
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Yvelines 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

51 people named Tellez live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 21
Vaud 10
Bern 5
Zurich 5
Ticino 4
Aargau 3
Basel-Stadt 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.

In print

Tellez in American newspapers,
1842–1925.

Newspaper page from Der Vaterlandsfreund Und Geist Der Zeit carrying the name Tellez
Der Vaterlandsfreund Und Geist Der Zeit 1842-09-30
Newspaper page from The Dillon Herald carrying the name Tellez
The Dillon Herald 1925-12-10
Newspaper page from El Independiente carrying the name Tellez
El Independiente 1903-04-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,573 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tellez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tom Tellez 1933– · coach
  • Roseanne Tellez 1962– · journalist
  • Marla Tellez 1976– · actor
  • Matias Tellez 1989– · singer
  • Rowdy Tellez 1995– · baseball player
  • Kenya Tellez 1996– · association football player

Wikidata (CC0).

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Surnames next to Tellez.

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