Tefelo Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Tefelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tefelo (799) may also be a first name.
Tefelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tefelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tefelo occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tefelo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tefelo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tefelo is also the 289,538th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 799 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Beside Botswana Tefelo is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tefe'elo | 86 | 7 | / |
| Tefolo | 83 | 30 | / |
| Tefilo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tafelo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tofelo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tefeleu | 77 | 52 | / |
| Tiefolo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Tiofelo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Teafilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teifilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toefilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teufela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teufilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teffolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tepfilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taffelo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taifelo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tedfilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tefetla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thiefalo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thefilou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tiefaloy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tofolo | 67 | 678 | / |
| Tofalo | 67 | 403 | / |
| Tifolo | 67 | 278 | / |
| Tafolo | 67 | 152 | / |
| Tofela | 67 | 93 | / |
| Tofilo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Tafela | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tofylo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tafilo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tefila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tifela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theifilou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tefala | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tefelo
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