Telef Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Telef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2401:324,25620,848
France481:1,383,807136,859
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telefe9164/
Teleb805,342/
Talef80998/
Telew80266/
Telev8045/
Tolef8011/
Tilef805/
Telif803/
Thesleff7752/
Theeleaf771/
Telefova771/
Teleph731,497/
Tealeb73306/
Teslev73247/
Teleev73134/
Taleff73127/
Teliev7343/
Televa7327/
Thalef739/
Toleff738/
Taleef738/
Telaif734/
Talefh733/
Tallef733/
Tehlev732/
Teileb732/
Toleaf732/
Teleab732/
Teleiv731/
Tilefe731/
Teleyv731/
Teleeb731/
Tollef730/
Teliff730/
Telephe6738/
Teislev6714/
Talleff677/
Thaleef675/
Tehleva672/
Thilefe671/
Telgeev671/
Teleshv671/
Teeleab671/
Tealeab671/
Toeliev671/
Taleefh671/
Thielew670/

Telef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telef in the Russian language
Телефtelef-

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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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