Telling Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Telling Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Telling family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 105
Agricultural Labourer 31
Laundress 10
Mason 9
Dress Maker 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Domestic Servant 7
General Labourer 7
Labourer 7
Farm Labourer 6
Glover 6
General Servant 5
Stone Mason 4
Hurdle Maker 4
Assistant 3
Cooper 3
Plasterer 3
Printer 3
Servant 3
Carpenter 3
Farmer 3
Baker 2
Nurse Domestic 2
Tailor 2
Teacher Of Piano Forte 2

Telling Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tilling 86% 4,823
2 Telling 100% 4,154
3 Talling 86% 496
4 Tolling 86% 113

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The surname Telling is the 2nd most popular variant of Tilling.

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