Telai Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Telai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 293 | 1:131,848 | 17,940 |
| India | 289 | 1:2,654,205 | 83,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Telaï (1) are calculated separately.
Telai (266) may also be a first name.
Telai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Telai (Hindi: टेलई, Marathi: टेळै, Oriya: େତଲାଇ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Telaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of Telai.
How Common Is The Last Name Telai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 519,402nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Telai live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 545,281st most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 266 people.
The last name Telai is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 293 people, or 1 in 131,848. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Blida Province, where 98 percent reside, Ghardaïa Province, where 1 percent reside and El Taref Province, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Algeria this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in India, where 46 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Telai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telai in the Oriya language | ||
| େତଲାଇ | etala'i | - |
| Telai in the Marathi language | ||
| टेळै | telai | 85.71 |
| तेलई | tela'i | 14.29 |
| Telai in the Hindi language | ||
| टेलई | tela'i | 75 |
| तेलई | tela'i | 20 |
| टेलइ | tela'i | 5 |
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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 Telai
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