Last Name TELLER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The teller, i.e. the weaver ('telier,' a linen-weaver).
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, German, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 8,798 (2000 US census) 10,147 (1990 US census)
Count 3,429 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.65%, or 2594 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.24%, or 111 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 13.59%, or 466 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.42%, or 83 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 4.58%, or 157 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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