Telsem Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Telsem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Telsem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Telsem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Telsem is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Telsem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Telsem live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Telsem is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Telsem is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 70 percent reside, North Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thelsem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Telssem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Telsseum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Telsen | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tlseem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Telsam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thelsen | 77 | 15 | / |
| Telgeme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tielsen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuelsen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thielsen | 71 | 632 | / |
| Tellesen | 71 | 47 | / |
| Tellåsen | 71 | 9 | / |
| Thuelsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Telson | 67 | 2,061 | / |
| Telgen | 67 | 485 | / |
| Tilsen | 67 | 162 | / |
| Thellesen | 67 | 50 | / |
| Tellessen | 67 | 32 | / |
| Telsan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Telsin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Teljen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tilsom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telleseen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tellessam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tylsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tilsam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toellesen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Telsem
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