Tellam Surname

82,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,881 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Tellam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tellam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,5591:137,9868,813
England1351:412,72628,150
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Australia401:674,89346,030
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tellam (528) may also be a first name.

Tellam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tellam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻼﻡ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tellam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 82,407th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,239,168 people. The surname Tellam is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Tellam are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 367,169th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 528 people.

This last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 5,559 people, or 1 in 137,986. In India Tellam is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 70 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent are found and Pondicherry, where 0 percent are found. Barring India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Tellam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tellam has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tellam surname increased 338 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 2,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tellam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tellam surname are 25.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.88% registered with the political party.

The amount Tellam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.75% less than the national average, earning R 31,488 per year; in United States they earn 33.44% more than the national average, earning $57,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.17% less than the national average, earning $34,198 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thellam92321/
Telliam9267/
Tellham923/
Tellan83222/
Tillam8318/
Tellom833/
Thllam831/
Tlam80164/
Tellian77155/
Tellain7766/
Telland7719/
Tellane7715/
Tellyan7714/
Tilliam775/
Tellang773/
Tillamn773/
Telleum771/
Telhlan771/
Tehllan771/
Tillgam771/
Thillam771/
Telliom770/
Tllan73124/
T'Lam7399/
Tlame7312/
Thlam737/
Tliam731/
Tellatin71791/
Thelland7194/
Thellane7113/
Tellheim7110/
Thellian714/
Tuilliam711/
Thillham710/
Tlhame67407/
Tillan67306/
Tlamme67235/
Tellon6728/
Tlamne673/
Thlame671/
Tillom670/
Teullahan670/

Tellam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tellam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻼﻡtlam-

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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 Tellam
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