Tellis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Tellis

What does the name Tellis mean?

The Tellis surname comes from the Gaelic Ó Taithligh, meaning "descendant of Taithleach," a Gaelic personal name meaning "peaceable."

Early Origins of the Tellis family

The surname Tellis was first found in Fermanagh (Irish: Fear Manach) in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster, where they held a family seat as eranaghs of Devenish. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found as Chiefs of Hy-Laoghaire, of Lough Lir, a district in the barony of Lurg Erne near Tyrone.

Early History of the Tellis family

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Tellis Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tally, Talley, Tallie, Tallee and others.

Early Notables of the Tellis family

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Tellis Ranking

In the United States, the name Tellis is the 11,777^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Tellis migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tellis Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Nicolas Tellis, who arrived in Texas in 1850-1906 2

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)