Tekalegn Surname
Approximately 17,067 people bear this surname
Tekalegn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 17,064 | 1:5,716 | 901 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tekalegn (8,558) may also be a first name.
Tekalegn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekalegn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekalegn occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekalegn? popularity and diffusion
Tekalegn is the 31,288th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 426,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tekalegn live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tekalegn is also the 68,010th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 8,558 people.
Tekalegn is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 17,064 people, or 1 in 5,716. Aside from Ethiopia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Tekalegn
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