Telfi Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Niger

Telfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy351:1,747,33485,249
Niger251:767,68117,983
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

Telfi (14) may also be a first name.

Telfi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telfi is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telfi? popularity and diffusion

Telfi is the 2,436,415th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Telfi live; 56 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent live in Italic Europe. Telfi is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 14 people.

The surname Telfi is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,747,334. In Italy it is mostly found in: Lombardy, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Italy Telfi exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 40 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellfi913/
Telfis913/
Telfio911/
Telfie911/
Telfa8016/
Telfy802/
Tlfie801/
Telfer7312,281/
Telfez7313/
Telfee731/
Tilfit730/
Thelfer6721/
Tellfer672/
Teelfer671/
Telffer671/
Tilfe604/
Tlfer601/
Telpha5519/
Telphy559/
Tilfer555/
Tlefha551/
Telpher506/

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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 Telfi
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