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

The Tello surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,707 people carried this name — #4,252 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Tello.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Pyrénées-Orientales 8
Haute-Garonne 8
Hérault 7
Hauts-de-Seine 5
Tarn-et-Garonne 4
Paris 4
Puy-de-Dôme 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

67 people named Tello live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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 27
Zurich 10
Geneva 9
Lucerne 7
St. Gallen 4
Thurgau 4
Neuchâtel 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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