Telfor Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Telfor Surname Definition:

V. Talfer, Talfor.

Telfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1921:1,887,807122,674
England181:3,095,448105,421
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Scotland401:93,5804,818
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Telfor (22) may also be a first name.

Telfor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Talfer, Talfor.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Telfor Last Name Facts

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

Telfor (Russian: Тельфор) is most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Telfor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,111,382nd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Telfor are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 1,887,807. In The United States Telfor is primarily found in: Michigan, where 44 percent reside, Texas, where 17 percent reside and California, where 16 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Telfor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Telfor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,371 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Telfor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Telfor surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.41% registered to vote for the political party.

Telfor earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning $38,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telford9215,822/
Telfort927,723/
Telfour9217/
Thelfor921/
Telfore920/
Thelfort8615/
Tellford866/
Telfourd860/
Telfar83100/
Telfur832/
Tlford832/
Tilfor830/
Tilford772,618/
Telfare7775/
Tilfore772/
Telfarr772/
Tillford7129/
Tilforth7110/
Tilfford712/
Telphort711/
Tellfare711/
Tilfourd710/
Thelphord679/
Thlefur6227/
Thlefar621/
Tilfard620/

Telfor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telfor in the Russian language
Тельфорtelfor-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Telfor
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