Telfar Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Telfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand751:60,3789,390
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Telfar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telfar has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Telfar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,849,867th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Telfar live; 94 percent live in Australasia and 94 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 60,378. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Wellington Region, where 23 percent reside, Bay of Plenty Region, where 19 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account New Zealand this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Telfar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Telfar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Telfar surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telfair92822/
Telfare9275/
Telfarr922/
Telfaire8657/
Tellfare861/
Tellfair860/
Telfor83219/
Tlfair830/
Telford7715,822/
Telfort777,723/
Telfour7717/
Thlefar771/
Thelfor771/
Tilfair770/
Telfore770/
Tilfard770/
Thelfort7115/
Tellford716/
Telfourd710/
Tlford672/
Tilfor670/
Tilford622,618/
Tilfore622/
Tillford5729/
Tilforth5710/
Tilfford572/
Telphort571/
Tilfourd570/
Thelphord539/

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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 Telfar
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