How Many People Have the Last Name Tell?
people had the surname Tell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 192,308 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 8 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−126 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Tell (59.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 30%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Tell ranks #14,528. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 64.1% to 59.4%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 27.7% to 30%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Tell fell from 1,662 people in 2000 to 1,536 in 2010 (down 7.6%), and its rank fell from #16,028 to #18,128.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,662 | 1,536 |
| Rank | #16,028 | #18,128 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.62 | 0.52 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Tell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Tell: T400
👤 Tell as a First Name
Tell is a first name too: about 200 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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