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/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Telimu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telimu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Telimu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 73 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Telimu is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside, Kaduna, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Telimu exists in one country. It also occurs 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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