Telefe Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Telefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Télèfe (1) are calculated separately.

Telefe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telefe is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Télèfe. For other possible spellings of Telefe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telefe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Telefe is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. Telefe occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Telefe reside; 94 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Telefe is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,628,379. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 71 percent live, Ceará, where 8 percent live and Espírito Santo, where 8 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 6 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telefet921/
Telefer921/
Telef91305/
Télèfe891/
Teleev83134/
Talefe8357/
Tolefe8335/
Telefi832/
Teleeb831/
Tilefe831/
Telephe7738/
Telofeu771/
Telgeev771/
Thelefa771/
Taleife771/
Thilefe771/
Tielafe771/
Tallefe771/
Teleb735,342/
Telew73266/
Telev7345/
Tilef735/
Telif733/
Thesleff7152/
Taeleifi7112/
Taleifeh714/
Teleheev714/
Tailefer712/
Telesfjs711/
Teliffer711/
Telefova711/
Theeleaf711/
Taillefer676,091/
Teleph671,497/
Tealeb67306/
Teslev67247/
Teliev6743/
Talefi6730/
Televa6727/
Talafe6725/
Tileev6721/
Taillefet6721/
Tailhefer6715/
Tyleev6711/
Tilife679/
Tolife675/
Telaif674/
Tilofe672/
Tehlev672/
Teleab672/
Teileb672/
Telafi671/
Thelephes671/
Teleiv671/
Tolofe671/
Tayllefer671/
Teleyv671/
Teliff670/

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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 Telefe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis