Telah Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Telah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 191 | 1:692,404 | 53,816 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Albania | 35 | 1:83,259 | 8,773 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Telah (272) may also be a first name.
Telah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Telah (Marathi: तेलह) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 716,247th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Telah live; 47 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 538,995th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 272 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 692,404. In Indonesia Telah is most prevalent in: North Sulawesi, where 49 percent are found, West Java, where 39 percent are found and Bengkulu, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Albania, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Telah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telah in the Marathi language | ||
| तेलह | telaha | - |
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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 Telah
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