Telimu Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Telimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Telimu (73) may also be a first name.
Telimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Telimu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Telimu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telimu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Telimu reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Telimu is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside, Kaduna, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teslimu | 92 | 16 | / |
| Teslimou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Talimu | 83 | 314 | / |
| Telemu | 83 | 56 | / |
| Telumu | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tilimu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Telhaimou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tuilimu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Talimau | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tailimu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thelemu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Telemou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taalimu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tolimau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Telemoud | 71 | 6 | / |
| Talemu | 67 | 104 | / |
| Talumu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tolumu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tolemu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Talummu | 62 | 37 | / |
| Tholumu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Tholemu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Tuilemu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Taalemu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Toilumu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Taillemaud | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Telimu
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