Teslem Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Teslem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Teslem (14,112) may also be a first name.
Teslem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teslem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Teslem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺴﻠﻢ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Teslem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,543,123rd most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Teslem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Teslem are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Teslem is also the 48,365th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 14,112 people.
The last name Teslem is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Teslem is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 83 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 6 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teslem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teslem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺴﻠﻢ | tslm | 99.87 |
| ﺗﺴﻴﻠﻢ | tsylm | 0.05 |
| ﺗﺴﻠﻤﻪ | tslmh | 0.05 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﻢ | mrym | 0.03 |
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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 Teslem
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