Telefon Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Denmark

Telefon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telefon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1651:471,64527,320
Denmark1141:49,5155,122
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Telefon (77) may also be a first name.

Telefon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telefon (Russian: Телефон) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telefon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Telefon is the 783,439th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 49 percent of Telefon reside; 46 percent reside in West Asia and 46 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 77 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 471,645. In Turkey Telefon is most frequent in: Mersin Province, where 75 percent are found, Karaman Province, where 9 percent are found and Adana Province, where 4 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 32 percent are found and Russia, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telefont9322/
Telefoon931/
Telefone931/
Tielefoun881/
Tolefon86144/
Telefun865/
Telefan865/
Telefonova8212/
Telefang8011/
Tollefon805/
Telephon803/
Telephone7516/
Tolleffon7515/
Tailefond751/
Tolofon71826/
Taillefond7195/
Tilifon7113/
Talifon715/
Talafon714/
Talofon713/
Toloffon6712/
Tollofon673/
Talifoon671/
Telephant635/
Tilifan571/
Talifan571/
Tolophon534/
Tiliphon534/
Taliphon531/
Thilaphon501/

Telefon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telefon in the Russian language
Телефонtelefon-

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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
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  • 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 Telefon
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