Tellah Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Tellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Tellah (53) may also be a first name.
Tellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻼﻩ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tellah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tellah reside; 37 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 824,641. In Kenya Tellah is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 88 percent live, Vihiga County, where 7 percent live and Kilifi County, where 2 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻼﻩ | tlah | - |
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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 Tellah
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