Telef Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Telef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 240 | 1:324,256 | 20,848 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Telef (12) may also be a first name.
Telef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Telef (Russian: Телеф) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telef? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 883,255th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Telef reside; 79 percent reside in West Asia and 79 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
Telef is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 324,256. In Turkey Telef is most common in: Aydin Province, where 65 percent live, Usak Province, where 13 percent live and Mugla Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 16 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telefe | 91 | 64 | / |
| Teleb | 80 | 5,342 | / |
| Talef | 80 | 998 | / |
| Telew | 80 | 266 | / |
| Telev | 80 | 45 | / |
| Tolef | 80 | 11 | / |
| Tilef | 80 | 5 | / |
| Telif | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thesleff | 77 | 52 | / |
| Theeleaf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Telefova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teleph | 73 | 1,497 | / |
| Tealeb | 73 | 306 | / |
| Teslev | 73 | 247 | / |
| Teleev | 73 | 134 | / |
| Taleff | 73 | 127 | / |
| Teliev | 73 | 43 | / |
| Televa | 73 | 27 | / |
| Thalef | 73 | 9 | / |
| Toleff | 73 | 8 | / |
| Taleef | 73 | 8 | / |
| Telaif | 73 | 4 | / |
| Talefh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tallef | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tehlev | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teileb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Toleaf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teleab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teleiv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tilefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teleyv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teleeb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tollef | 73 | 0 | / |
| Teliff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Telephe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Teislev | 67 | 14 | / |
| Talleff | 67 | 7 | / |
| Thaleef | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tehleva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thilefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telgeev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teleshv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teeleab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tealeab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toeliev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taleefh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thielew | 67 | 0 | / |
Telef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Telef in the Russian language | ||
| Телеф | telef | - |
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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 Telef
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