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 occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tailem.
How Common Is The Last Name Tailem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Tailem live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 68 people.
Tailem is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Tailem is mostly concentrated in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 80 percent reside and West Pokot County, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found 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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