Telam Surname
Approximately 1,983 people bear this surname
Telam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,914 | 1:400,766 | 21,209 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Telam (1,181) may also be a first name.
Telam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Telam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻼﻡ, Hindi: तेलाम, Marathi: तेलम, Oriya: େତଲାମ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 208,569th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,675,011 people. Telam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Telam live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 230,871st most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,181 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 1,914 people, or 1 in 400,766. In India Telam is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 82 percent are found, Chhattisgarh, where 7 percent are found and Odisha, where 6 percent are found. Beside India Telam occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Telam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻼﻡ | tlam | - |
| Telam in the Marathi language | ||
| तेलम | telama | 98.54 |
| तेलाम | telama | 0.41 |
| टेलाम | telama | 0.16 |
| टेलम | telama | 0.16 |
| टेळाम | telama | 0.08 |
| टेकाम | tekama | 0.08 |
| तेलन | telana | 0.08 |
| Telam in the Oriya language | ||
| େତଲାମ | etalama | 95 |
| େତଲାମ୍ | etalam | 2.5 |
| େତଲମ୍ | etalam | 0.83 |
| Telam in the Hindi language | ||
| तेलाम | telama | 67.14 |
| तेलम | telama | 31.43 |
| तेलाम् | telam | 1.43 |
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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 Telam
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