Telefo Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Telefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Telefo (29) may also be a first name.

Telefo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telefo (Russian: Телефо) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telefo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Telefo reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Telefo is also the 1,951,561st most common first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 86 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telesfo923/
Tolefo83101/
Talefo8320/
Telifo832/
Toleffo7781/
Telefat7713/
Telepho7711/
Tollefo772/
Thelefa771/
Tolleffo711/
Toleffou711/
Talafo6772/
Talefa6720/
Tolofo6713/
Tilofo671/
Talifo671/
Telafa670/
Telofa670/

Telefo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telefo in the Russian language
Телефоtelefo-

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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 Telefo
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