How Many People Have the Last Name Tellis?
people had the surname Tellis in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 163,934 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 4 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+325 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Tellis (68.6%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 23.3%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Tellis ranks #530. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share fell from 75.2% to 68.6%, and the non-Hispanic White share rose from 19.1% to 23.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Tellis grew from 1,464 people in 2000 to 1,789 in 2010 (up 22.2%), and its rank rose from #17,671 to #16,161.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,464 | 1,789 |
| Rank | #17,671 | #16,161 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.54 | 0.61 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Tellis
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Tellis: T420
👤 Tellis as a First Name
Tellis is a first name too: about 223 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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