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
School 65
General Servant (domestic) 10
Plasterer 10
Domestic Servant 9
Farm Labourer 8
Stone Mason 7
General Labourer 6
Blacksmith 5
Labourer 5
None 4
Private Means 4
At Home 4
Farmer 4
Butcher 3
Cook (domestic) 3
Cooper 3
Errand Boy 3
Laundress 3
School Boy 3
Scholar 3
Housemaid (domestic) 3
General Servant Domestic 3
Labourer On A Farm 3
Old Age Pensioner 3
Worker Cow Man Farm 3

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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