Telew Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Telew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2601:508,65141,493
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Telew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telew occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 973,426th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. Telew is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Telew reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Telew is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 508,651. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: North Sulawesi, where 95 percent are found, North Maluku, where 2 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Telew occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telewe9129/
Thielew830/
Teleb805,342/
Telef80305/
Telev8045/
Talew809/
Tilew801/
Teleph731,497/
Tealeb73306/
Teslev73247/
Teleev73134/
Telefe7364/
Teliev7343/
Televa7327/
Teileb732/
Tehlev732/
Tallew732/
Teliwe732/
Teleab732/
Teleiv731/
Teleyv731/
Teleeb731/
Telephe6738/
Talleuw6730/
Teislev6714/
Tehleva672/
Telgeev671/
Teleshv671/
Teeleab671/
Tealeab671/
Toeliev671/
Tittlew670/

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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 Telew
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