Tekme Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Tekme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 128 | 1:607,980 | 32,628 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Tekme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tekme is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,267,784th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Tekme live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 607,980. In Turkey Tekme is most prevalent in: Sirnak Province, where 44 percent live, Aydin Province, where 19 percent live and Gaziantep Province, where 15 percent live. Not including Turkey Tekme is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekm | 89 | 3 | / |
| Tekmmes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tekcmeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tikme | 80 | 41 | / |
| Tokme | 80 | 29 | / |
| Takme | 80 | 23 | / |
| Tekma | 80 | 22 | / |
| Tecmer | 73 | 132 | / |
| Tekmis | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tekmai | 73 | 13 | / |
| Takmey | 73 | 6 | / |
| Thokme | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tekhma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Teikem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tekkma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teekem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tokmei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teckma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takmeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekmoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thakme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takmei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thokmey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tecm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Takmeeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tequqme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tekmaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tickmey | 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 Tekme
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