About Tello

Tello Family Crest and Name History

 

Origin Displayed: Spanish

The surname Tello comes from the personal name Tello derived from the Latin "tellus" meaning "land" or "earth."
Spelling variations of this family name include: Tellez, Talles, Tello, Tell, Tel, Telo, Teles and others.
First found in Galicia, in the northwest corner of Spain.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Juan Tello and his family were among the first settlers of Spanish America, arriving in 1513. Francisca Tellez immigrated to Spanish America in 1528; and Garcia Tello to Venezuela in 1534.

 

 

Name Meanings

 

Spanish and Aragonese: from the personal name Tello

Italian: from a short form of a personal name formed with this suffix, as for example Donatello, Moscatello, Otello.

 

 

Top Places of Origin for Tello

Place of
Origin

Tello Immigrants

Venezuela

3

Italy

2

Sweden

1

New Granada

1

England

1

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the New York Passenger Lists.

 

 

 

Distribution of Tello Families in the US in 1880

 

 

 

Distribution of Tello Families in the US in 1920