Telsem Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Telsem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telsem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Telsem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telsem occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telsem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Telsem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Telsem are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Telsem is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 70 percent are found, North Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Telsem occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thelsem921/
Telssem921/
Telsseum861/
Telsen833/
Tlseem831/
Telsam831/
Thelsen7715/
Telgeme771/
Tielsen771/
Tuelsen770/
Thielsen71632/
Tellesen7147/
Tellåsen719/
Thuelsen711/
Telson672,061/
Telgen67485/
Tilsen67162/
Thellesen6750/
Tellessen6732/
Telsan677/
Telsin676/
Teljen673/
Tilsom671/
Telleseen671/
Tellessam671/
Tylsen671/
Tilsam671/
Toellesen671/

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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 Telsem
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