Telawa Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Fiji

Telawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin221:469,80032,108
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Fiji91:99,3771,883
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Telawa Last Name Facts

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

Telawa is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Telawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Telawa are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Telawa is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 95 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Benin Telawa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent reside and Fiji, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thelawa921/
Telaiwad861/
Talawa83683/
Telewa83660/
Telawy83183/
Tolawa8324/
Tilawa8316/
Telawi8316/
Telawe837/
Telava832/
Telowa831/
Telawo831/
Telhawi77177/
Tilawah77146/
Teleaba77123/
Telavad77103/
Talaway7774/
Telabah7723/
Telaeva779/
Talawai778/
Tuilawa777/
Telgawe776/
Telavat774/
Talaiwa774/
Tilawad772/
Telahua771/
Telawou771/
Telhawy771/
Tielava771/
Tealava771/
Telowah771/
Telouwa771/
Teliava771/
Telaavi771/
Teslava771/
Teulawo771/
Talahawa71121/
Telyaeva71107/
Telawetz7121/
Telaivay7116/
Tallaway719/
Telabhai713/
Telabeau711/
Thelhawy711/
Teleabah711/
Tholaway711/
Tealavah711/
Tollaway710/
Tolava671,078/
Talewa67561/
Telabe67369/
Talava67205/
Talawo67168/
Telave67150/
Tolawo67125/
Telova67113/
Tolewa67111/
Telavi6758/
Talowa6756/
Teelhawod6755/
Tolowa6748/
Tilava6747/
Tilawi6741/
Telewo6740/
Televa6727/
Tilawe6720/
Tilewa6719/
Telabi6710/
Telabo675/
Thilawath673/
Telowe671/
Telowo671/

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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 Telawa
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