Tekke Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Tekke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 664 | 1:117,201 | 9,817 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Tekke (149) may also be a first name.
Tekke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekke (Hindi: टेक्के, Russian: Текке) is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tekke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 405,848th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,444,433 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Tekke are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Tekke is also the 754,880th most common forename in the world, borne by 149 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 117,201. In Turkey Tekke is primarily concentrated in: Sanliurfa Province, where 45 percent live, Trabzon Province, where 13 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekke in the Hindi language | ||
| टेक्के | tekke | - |
| Tekke in the Russian language | ||
| Текке | tekke | - |
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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 Tekke
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