Tailem Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Tailem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Tailem (68) may also be a first name.
Tailem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tailem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tailem is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tailem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tailem is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Tailem is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Tailem reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tailem is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 68 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 80 percent reside and West Pokot County, where 20 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tailem
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