Tellef Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Tellef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tellef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896

Tellef (194) may also be a first name.

Tellef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tellef occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tellef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,237,939th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Tellef live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tellef is also the 651,944th most common first name throughout the world, held by 194 people.

The last name Tellef is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 5,253,028. In The United States it is most numerous in: Arizona, where 25 percent reside, Illinois, where 25 percent reside and Indiana, where 14 percent reside. Beside The United States Tellef occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Tellef Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tellef last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Tellef earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.71% less than the national average, earning $42,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellew8338/
Tüllef8318/
Telleb836/
Tellev834/
Tellif831/
Tillef830/
Tlef801/
Telliev7736/
Tellaev777/
Telloev774/
Tleuf7327/
Tleff731/
Tellyaev712/
Telliaev711/
Thellews710/
Tillev672/
Telliw672/
Tellöv671/
Tellib671/
Tillif671/
Tellov671/
Tyllew671/

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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 Tellef
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