Tegla Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Tegla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 288 | 1:69,715 | 8,330 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tégla (81) & Teglă (31) are calculated separately.
Tegla (719) may also be a first name.
Tegla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tegla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tegla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻘﻞ) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Tégla or Teglă. For other potential spellings of Tegla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tegla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 855,216th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Tegla is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Tegla reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Tegla is also the 307,830th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 719 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 69,715. In Romania it is primarily found in: Mureș County, where 58 percent are found, Maramureș County, where 29 percent are found and Cluj County, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Romania it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tegla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tegla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻘﻞ | tql | - |
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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
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- 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 Tegla
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