Telmu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Telmu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Telmu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Telmu Last Name Facts

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

Telmu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Telmu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Telmu is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Telmu are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thelmu911/
Tlmu892/
Telmoud83429/
Telmeus834/
Tlemu801,307/
Telmouth770/
Tlemou732/
Tlemuy731/
Tilmus730/
Tilmutt6711/
T'Lmoud676/
Tilmuth673/
Tillmut671/
Tilmouth62180/
Tillmutt629/
Tillmuth622/
Tillmouth570/
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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 Telmu
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