Tesslem Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Tesslem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tesslem (710) may also be a first name.
Tesslem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tesslem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tesslem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺴﻠﻢ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tesslem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tesslem live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Tesslem is also the 309,966th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 710 people.
The surname Tesslem is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teslem | 92 | 31 | / |
| Tesleem | 86 | 195 | / |
| Tesslim | 86 | 6 | / |
| Teeslem | 86 | 6 | / |
| Tisslem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thesleem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tassleem | 80 | 2 | / |
| Teslim | 77 | 2,637 | / |
| Taslem | 77 | 123 | / |
| Teclem | 77 | 4 | / |
| Teslen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tasleem | 71 | 22,064 | / |
| Thaslem | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tasslim | 71 | 6 | / |
| Theslim | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tasleam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tasliem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tesleen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tosleem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tasllem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Taslemm | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tisslen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teslien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tezleem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teszlen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teslime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tesslin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thasleem | 67 | 1,579 | / |
| Tessling | 67 | 276 | / |
| Taslheem | 67 | 88 | / |
| Tashleem | 67 | 74 | / |
| Thesslin | 67 | 17 | / |
| Taasleem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taslleem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thieslen | 67 | 1 | / |
Tesslem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tesslem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺴﻠﻢ | tslm | 99.58 |
| ﺗﺴﻴﻠﻢ | tsylm | 0.42 |
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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 Tesslem
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