The surname Tel comes from the personal name Tello derived from the Latin "tellus" meaning "land" or "earth."
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Early Origins of the Tel family
The surname Tel was first found in Galicia, in the northwest corner of Spain.
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Early History of the Tel family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tel research. Another 39 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1337, 1370, 1583 and 1648 are included under the topic Early Tel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Tel Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Tellez, Talles, Tello, Tell, Tel, Telo, Teles and others.
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Early Notables of the Tel family
Prominent among bearers of the Tel family name at this time was
Tello of Castile (1337-1370), born in Seville, the seventh of the ten illegitimate children of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman
Rodrigo Tellez de las Penas, who was born in Ubeda and became governor and chief Justice of Merida. Gabriel Tellez (1583-1648) was a Spanish dramatist, who wrote under the pseudonym Tirso da Molina. H...
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Migration of the Tel family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Juan Tello and his family were among the first settlers of Spanish America, arriving in 1513. Francisca Tellez immigrated to Spanish America in 1528; and Garcia Tello to Venezuela in 1534. In 1536.
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