Tekle Surname
Approximately 163,993 people bear this surname
Tekle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 95,300 | 1:1,024 | 180 |
| Eritrea | 62,005 | 1:77 | 16 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| United States | 1,109 | 1:326,834 | 29,687 |
| India | 769 | 1:997,484 | 42,144 |
| Sweden | 440 | 1:22,379 | 1,850 |
| Turkey | 395 | 1:197,016 | 14,536 |
| Benin | 253 | 1:40,852 | 5,255 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| England | 178 | 1:313,023 | 23,520 |
| Canada | 143 | 1:257,661 | 24,352 |
| Netherlands | 75 | 1:225,162 | 29,957 |
| Norway | 63 | 1:81,624 | 11,355 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Teklé (1) are calculated separately.
Tekle (319,630) may also be a first name.
Tekle Demographics
Average Male Tekle Height
172.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tekle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tekle (Arabic: تكلي, Georgian: თეკლე, Hindi: टेकले, Marathi: टेकळे, Russian: Текле) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Teklé. For other potential spellings of Tekle click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekle? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tekle is the 3,416th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,438 people. Tekle occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tekle reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tekle is also the 3,276th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 319,630 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 95,300 people, or 1 in 1,024. Aside from Ethiopia it exists in 57 countries. It also occurs in Eritrea, where 38 percent reside and Sudan, where 2 percent reside.
Tekle Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tekle last name are 44.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.17% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tekle earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 29.03% less than the national average, earning 245,613 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.5% less than the national average, earning $40,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.84% less than the national average, earning $35,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekle in the Georgian language | ||
| თეკლე | tekle | - |
| Tekle in the Hindi language | ||
| टेकले | tekale | - |
| Tekle in the Marathi language | ||
| टेकळे | tekale | 59.61 |
| टेकले | tekale | 38.87 |
| टकले | takale | 0.34 |
| टेकाळे | tekale | 0.17 |
| Tekle in the Russian language | ||
| Текле | tekle | - |
| Tekle in the Arabic language | ||
| تكلي | tkly | - |
| تيكلي | tykly | - |
| تكله | tklh | - |
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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 Tekle
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