Telm Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Telm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Telm (30) may also be a first name.

Telm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telm (Russian: Тельм) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telm? popularity and diffusion

Telm is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Telm live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. Telm is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 30 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 1,916,797. In Germany Telm is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 50 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telme89111/
Thelm897/
Teslm893/
Tellm892/
Taelm891/
Tielm891/
Tlm8647/
Tellme8012/
Thelme801/
Telmdh801/
Tlem7520/
Tilm759/
Tlmh753/
Thlm752/
Tlmt751/
Ttlm751/
Tllm751/
Telmova733/
Theelme731/
Tilme67249/
Thlem678/
Tillm673/
Htlme671/
Thilm671/
Tilmm670/
Thleme601/
Tyslme601/

Telm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Telm in the Russian language
Тельмtelm-

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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
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  • 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 Telm
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