Telewo Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Liberia

Telewo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telewo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Liberia181:244,91915,115

Telewo (14) may also be a first name.

Telewo Last Name Facts

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

Telewo has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Telewo.

How Common Is The Last Name Telewo? popularity and diffusion

Telewo is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Telewo are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Telewo is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname Telewo is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 73 percent live, West Region, where 9 percent live and Far North Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 45 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telewou9215/
Telewoi921/
Telewuo921/
Teulewou861/
Telewa83660/
Telebo83157/
Tolewo8331/
Tilewo831/
Telawo831/
Telowo831/
Telebou773/
Telewad772/
Teleswa771/
Teulawo771/
Telawou771/
Teleabou719/
Teilebou711/
Teleewad711/
Talewa67561/
Teleba67253/
Talawo67168/
Taliwo67138/
Tolawo67125/
Tolewa67111/
Telawa6753/
Teliwa6751/
Tolevo6736/
Televa6727/
Tilewa6719/
Tolowo6711/
Tylebo676/
Toliwo673/
Tilebo673/

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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 Telewo
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