Telagu Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Telagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3971:1,932,15567,012
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Telagu (71) may also be a first name.

Telagu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Telagu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Telagu (Hindi: तेलगु, Marathi: तेलगू, Oriya: େତଲଗୁ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telagu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 726,304th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Telagu are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 71 people.

It is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 1,932,155. In India Telagu is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 82 percent live, Gujarat, where 15 percent live and Karnataka, where 3 percent live. Other than India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Nepal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telangu9258/
Telagus924/
Telagau921/
Telegu83169/
Talagu836/
Telegau7712/
Teleguj7710/
Tallagu774/
Talaigu774/
Telagoe771/
Telogou771/
Telegou771/
Tologu6773/
Tilegu676/
Thalogu621/
Talogau621/
Tallogu621/
Thologu621/

Telagu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telagu in the Hindi language
तेलगुtelagu-
Telagu in the Oriya language
େତଲଗୁetalagu-
Telagu in the Marathi language
तेलगूtelagu85.18
तेलगुtelagu14.38
तेळगुtelagu0.44

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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
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  • 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 Telagu
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