Tetef Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tetef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tetef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

Tetef (22) may also be a first name.

Tetef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tetef Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tetef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺘﻒ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tetef? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 44 percent of Tetef reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 22 people.

The last name Tetef is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Tetef is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 92 percent reside and East Sepik, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 41 percent reside and Morocco, where 15 percent reside.

Tetef Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tetef last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Tetef earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tetezf911/
Teuteuf831/
Tetev8021/
Tetew803/
Totef802/
Tetif802/
Tatef801/
Teteva7371/
Toteff7370/
Teteev7350/
Tateef734/
Totief734/
Testev734/
Teutev731/
Teteib731/
Tahtef731/
Tohtef731/
Thatef731/
Tetiev731/
Tettiev6723/
Teyteev6719/
Teytiev6719/
Tatteff672/
Testeev671/
Teitiev671/

Tetef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tetef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺘﻒttf-

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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 Tetef
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