Telesia Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Telesia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telesia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3701:124,81110,369
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Telesia (6,663) may also be a first name.

Telesia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telesia occurs most in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telesia? popularity and diffusion

Telesia is the 760,012th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Telesia are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 80,111th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 6,663 people.

The last name Telesia is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 124,811. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 80 percent are found, Machakos County, where 19 percent are found and Kwale County, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 0 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Telesia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Telesia
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