Find out how popular the last name Téliz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Téliz.

Téliz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Téliz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Téliz in America

Téliz is the 111426th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Téliz surname appeared 158 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Téliz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Téliz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Téliz

The surname Teliz is thought to have originated in Spain, specifically in the Basque region or Navarra. It dates back to at least the 15th century and is derived from the Basque words "teli" meaning plain or flat area, and "iz" which means place or locality. Thus, Teliz likely referred to someone who lived on a plain or flat area of land.

One of the earliest known records of the Teliz name appears in the municipal archives of the town of Azagra in Navarra, from the year 1489. This document mentions a Juan Teliz who was a landowner in the area. The name is also found in 16th century church records from the Basque provinces of Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa.

In the 1600s, the Teliz surname spread beyond the Basque region as people migrated. It can be found in records from Aragon, Castile, and eventually made its way to Spanish colonies in the Americas. Early spellings included Telitz, Theliz, and Telliz.

One prominent bearer of this name was Pedro Teliz de Guzmán (1619-1693), a Spanish military officer who served as governor of the Province of Venezuela from 1681-1686. Another was María Josefa Teliz y Girón (1725-1798), a wealthy Chilean landowner descended from Spanish nobility.

In the 19th century, Teodoro Teliz (1832-1898) was a Mexican general who fought in the French Intervention in Mexico. And Francisco Teliz (1860-1918) was an Argentine lawyer, judge and politician who served as governor of San Juan Province.

Over time, the Teliz name dispersed through Spanish-speaking regions of Mexico, Central and South America, and even to the Philippines, carried by Spanish colonial settlers and immigrants from the Iberian peninsula.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Téliz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Téliz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Téliz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Téliz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Téliz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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