Teteme Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Teteme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teteme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1771:306,08929,333
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Teteme (17) may also be a first name.

Teteme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Teteme is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Teteme click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Teteme? popularity and diffusion

The last name Teteme is the 1,041,601st most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. Teteme is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Teteme live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Teteme is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 17 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 306,089. In South Africa Teteme is mostly found in: Northern Cape, where 75 percent reside, North West, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Beside South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Teteme Last Name Statistics demography

Teteme earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.02% less than the national average, earning R 106,896 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tetemer920/
Tetem9157/
Tettemer86226/
Toetoeme861/
Tetame83405/
Thetem83171/
Tetema83102/
Tetemi8374/
Tateme8323/
Testem8317/
Toteme837/
Teutem834/
Titeme834/
Tietem833/
Teetem831/
Teteum831/
Tettemmer803/
Tietema77307/
Testemi776/
Tetemgi775/
Tethame775/
Thethem771/
Totemeh771/
Testeam771/
Titieme771/
Tatieme771/
Totoeme771/
Taateme771/
Tetimei771/
Thetame771/
Titem7319/
Tetim738/
Tettimer7112/
Thatieme711/
Thethemi711/
Tetemaja711/
Totime67779/
Titame67310/
Totome67157/
Titome6748/
Tatemi6738/
Testim6724/
Tatame6714/
Titime6713/
Tedtim6712/
Tetima6710/
Tiotem679/
Totame679/
Teatim678/
Titiem678/
Tetami675/
Tatome673/
Taitem673/
Titema673/
Tatime672/
Tistem672/
Taytem671/
Totemi671/
Titemi671/
Tetaim671/
Tettim671/

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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 Teteme
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