Telama Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Telama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Finland | 32 | 1:171,772 | 15,201 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
Telama (117) may also be a first name.
Telama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Telama (Hindi: तेलमा, Marathi: टेलमा, Oriya: େତଲାମା) is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,125,333rd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Telama live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 117 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 441,180. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Finland, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Telama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telama in the Hindi language | ||
| तेलमा | telama | - |
| Telama in the Marathi language | ||
| टेलमा | telama | 83.87 |
| टेलमाान्सीस | telamaansisa | 6.45 |
| टेलमाािन्सस | telamaainsasa | 3.23 |
| टॅलमा | telama | 3.23 |
| तेलामा | telama | 3.23 |
| Telama in the Oriya language | ||
| େତଲାମା | etalama | 50 |
| େତଲମା | etalama | 12.5 |
| ଟିଏଲମା | ti'elama | 12.5 |
| କାୁେତଲାମା | kauetalama | 12.5 |
| େତଲାନମା | etalanama | 12.5 |
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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 Telama
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