Taleb Surname

2,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258,470 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Taleb Surname User-submission:

This is surname was originally borne by the scientists of Islam. They were people who tried to understand the Quran - its best and correct practice; not in a radical way, just to understand fully that religion and philosophy of Islam. It refers also to "Taliban" which means 'student of Islam' (a word misappropriated by terrorists).

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Taleb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria55,7901:69224
Iraq51,0631:686107
Yemen29,8111:886125
Morocco18,7101:1,843101
Mauritania18,6971:21930
Lebanon12,5751:44867
Iran11,9131:6,445892
Libya9,7931:638128
Syria8,9941:2,146258
Saudi Arabia7,6721:4,022538
Bangladesh6,0381:26,3921,767
Jordan5,1241:1,726296
Egypt4,6981:19,5692,268
India4,3191:177,60310,890
France2,6111:25,4403,042
Indonesia1,9111:69,2047,458
Palestine1,7791:2,557534
Kuwait1,0901:3,487467
United Arab Emirates1,0161:9,0181,123
Bahrain4851:2,781454
United States4621:784,54360,722
Spain4461:104,8258,444
Australia3371:80,1069,319
Mali3231:52,5361,331
Argentina3021:141,53411,975
Canada2831:130,19613,551
Qatar2501:9,4321,032
Belgium1831:62,82310,104
England1781:313,02323,520
Tunisia1601:3,816577
Russia1531:941,98173,950
Djibouti1501:6,100439
Sweden1151:85,6246,323
Germany1081:745,42156,003
Denmark1071:52,7545,420
Brazil931:2,301,87571,238
Ecuador921:172,8907,459
Malaysia771:383,04220,138
Thailand701:1,009,119153,242
Israel661:129,66114,046
Mauritius341:38,0427,089
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Ivory Coast261:887,35522,826
Niger251:767,68117,983
Oman251:147,5193,392
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Ukraine201:2,276,135151,395
Norway141:367,30634,015
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Wales101:309,45316,869
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Austria91:946,15970,786
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Finland61:916,11741,832
China51:273,464,31313,838
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Taléb (2) are calculated separately.

Taleb (116,805) may also be a first name.

Taleb Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is surname was originally borne by the scientists of Islam. They were people who tried to understand the Quran - its best and correct practice; not in a radical way, just to understand fully that religion and philosophy of Islam. It refers also to "Taliban" which means 'student of Islam' (a word misappropriated by terrorists). The Talebs were/are quite important people in the Muslim community because of this history.

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Taleb Demographics

Average Taleb Salary in
United States

$39,299 USD

Per year
Rank:
771,740 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000107826
Rank: 70,574 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
91.07%
Sample size: 234 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Taleb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Taleb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Taleb (Arabic: طالب, Bengali: তালেব, Georgian: ტალებ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻟﺐ, Hindi: तालेब, Marathi: तालेब, Oriya: ତାେଲବ, Russian: Талеб) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Taléb. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Taleb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,116th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,195 people. The last name Taleb is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Taleb live; 46 percent live in West Asia and 31 percent live in Levant. Taleb is also the 8,830th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 116,805 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 55,790 people, or 1 in 692. In Algeria it is most common in: Constantine Province, where 17 percent live, Oran Province, where 12 percent live and Djelfa Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Algeria this surname occurs in 96 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 20 percent live and Yemen, where 12 percent live.

Taleb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Taleb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Taleb surname expanded 15,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Taleb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Taleb last name are 11.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Taleb earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 192.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,765 per year; in Colombia they earn 77.35% more than the national average, earning $40,262,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.92% less than the national average, earning $39,299 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.5% less than the national average, earning $44,468 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taléb932/
Tgaleb91582/
Taileb91565/
Thaleb91527/
Tealeb91306/
Taleeb91115/
Taleyb9158/
Talleb9129/
Taaleb9118/
Ttaleb9113/
Tayleb919/
Talebh915/
Taloeb914/
Talieb913/
Taleab913/
Taleib911/
Talaeb911/
Thaileb83182/
Tealeab831/
Thalleb831/
Taeleab831/
Tallebs831/
Taileeb831/
Talib80106,727/
Talab8018,659/
Teleb805,342/
Talep801,540/
Talef80998/
Talev80401/
Talob80195/
Toleb8037/
Talyb8010/
Talew809/
Talebová771/
Thalib7316,079/
Talabh738,060/
Taalab732,657/
Taliep731,235/
Tallab731,006/
Taleva73417/
Tealab73402/
Talaab73370/
Taliev73204/
Talipe73198/
Tailab73189/
Taalib73181/
Taleev73174/
Taleff73127/
Talhab7388/
Tallib7386/
Talefe7357/
Talepp7328/
Htalib7327/
Tahlib7321/
Tailib7319/
Talaib7316/
Talibs7316/
Taliab7313/
Talepe7312/
Thalep7310/
Tuileb739/
Thalef739/
Touleb739/
Tholeb738/
Taleef738/
Talhib737/
Taulib735/
Taslev735/
Taulab734/
Ta'lab734/
Tealib734/
Tallef733/
Talefh733/
Teileb732/
Teleab732/
Tallep732/
Tallew732/
Toileb732/
Taylob731/
Tgalib731/
Taelab731/
Tallev731/
Toleeb731/
Tohleb731/
Teleeb731/
Talibd731/
Talibz731/
Taleep731/
Thaelab67953/
Tayliev6767/
Thalaep6765/
Thallib6733/
Talleuw6730/
Thalaab6727/
Talliev679/
Talleff677/
Thaleef675/
Taa'lab674/
Tatleev673/
Taaliev672/
Dthalib672/
Tailiev671/
Teeleab671/
Taileva671/
Tailibh671/
Taleife671/
Thaalab671/
Tallefe671/
Talaife671/
Taallab671/
Taleefh671/
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Taleb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taleb in the Georgian language
ტალებtaleb-
Taleb in the Bengali language
তালেবtaleba-
Taleb in the Marathi language
तालेबtaleba90.44
ताळेबtaleba2.21
अतालेबataleba2.02
गालेबgaleba0.55
तालीबtaliba0.37
नालेबnaleba0.18
जलेबjaleba0.18
तालबtalaba0.18
तलेबtaleba0.18
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Taleb in the Oriya language
ତାେଲବtaelaba83.33
ତାେଲବ୍taelab16.67
Taleb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻟﺐaltalb82.72
ﻃﺎﻟﺐtalb16.75
ﺍﻟﻄﻠﺐaltlb0.15
ﻟﻄﺎﻟﺐltalb0.05
ﺍﻟﻄﺎﺏaltab0.03
ﺍﻟﺪﻯaldy0.01
ﺍﻃﺎﻟﺐatalb0.01
ﺗﺎﻟﺐtalb0.01
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Taleb in the Hindi language
तालेबtaleba70.59
तालिबtaliba23.53
तलेबtaleba5.88
Taleb in the Russian language
Талебtaleb-
Taleb in the Arabic language
طالبtalb-

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