Telmer Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Denmark

Telmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Denmark211:268,79620,394
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Telmer (29) may also be a first name.

Telmer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telmer occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Telmer.

How Common Is The Last Name Telmer? popularity and diffusion

Telmer is the 1,817,111th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Telmer occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Telmer reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name in the world, held by 29 people.

The last name Telmer is most widespread in Canada, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,052,731. In Canada it is most numerous in: Ontario, where 51 percent are found, Manitoba, where 23 percent are found and British Columbia, where 17 percent are found. Barring Canada this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Telmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Telmer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Telmer surname rose 131 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Telmer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Telmer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 16.03% more than the national average, earning R 275,736 per year; in United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 69.07% more than the national average, earning $83,997 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tellmer926/
Thelmer925/
Teelmer921/
Telmier920/
Telme91111/
Telmez83122/
Telmir8339/
Telmes8338/
Telmet8318/
Tellme8312/
Telmeh837/
Telmyr835/
Telmey832/
Telmea831/
Tilmer831/
Telmie831/
Telmee831/
Tielme831/
Thelme831/
Thielmier8019/
Tellmyr775/
Telmeez774/
Tellmed772/
Thilmer772/
Thelmie771/
Theelme771/
Tilmere770/
Telma731,312/
Tilme73249/
Telmi7363/
Telmy733/
Htlme731/
Tlmes731/
Tlmehert711/
Telmeitt711/
Tilmes67267/
Telmid6788/
Telmiz6717/
Thelmy674/
Telmip673/
Tellma672/
Tilmey672/
Tilmie671/
Tielma671/
Telmis671/
Telmai671/
Tyslme671/
Thleme671/
Ttelma671/
Tielmy671/

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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 Telmer
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