Téles

surname · Latin script

Téles is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habilidoso; skilled.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 2.3K
  • USUnited States1 in 680K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈93,000 people, est.

Sources
178 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Teles in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habilidoso; skilled

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Téles counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Téles is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#159≈93,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K858Teles178
PT Portugal#149≈4,700 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Teles107
AO Angola#366≈1,900 est.≈1 in 18K—Teles23
FR France—≈540 est.≈1 in 126K56Teles4
US United States—4891 in 680K615Teles140
UY Uruguay—4041 in 8.4K404Teles18
CH Switzerland—1421 in 59K142Teles23

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Téles is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Teles, Teleš, Teleş, Telès, Telēs

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Portugal, United States

    Also written Teles, Télés, Télès

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Телес, Teles, Teleş, Teleš

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Téles under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Téles mean, and where does it come from?
habilidoso; skilled Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Téles have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 93 thousand people named Téles in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled teles.
How common is the name Téles?
In the United States, the national register counted 489 people named Téles in 2010, about 1 in 680 thousand residents.
How common is Téles compared with other names?
In Brazil, Téles is the 159th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Téles” — the 159th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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