Teslim Surname
Approximately 2,637 people bear this surname
Teslim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,426 | 1:73,018 | 5,249 |
| Turkey | 201 | 1:387,171 | 23,746 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Teslim (8,506) may also be a first name.
Teslim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teslim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Teslim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺴﻠﻢ, Hindi: तसलीम, Marathi: तेसिलम) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Teslim? popularity and diffusion
Teslim is the 164,490th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,763,574 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Teslim reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 68,305th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 8,506 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,426 people, or 1 in 73,018. In Nigeria Teslim is most common in: Oyo, where 36 percent reside, Lagos, where 28 percent reside and Ogun, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 8 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teslim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teslim in the Hindi language | ||
| तसलीम | tasalima | - |
| Teslim in the Marathi language | ||
| तेसिलम | tesilama | - |
| Teslim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺴﻠﻢ | tslm | 99.34 |
| ﺗﻠﺴﻢ | tlsm | 0.66 |
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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 Teslim
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