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
The surname Teslem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺴﻠﻢ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Teslem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Teslem is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Teslem reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Teslem is also the 48,365th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 14,112 people.
It is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 83 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 6 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Algeria, where 13 percent live.
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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