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 surname Teteme is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Teteme? popularity and diffusion

Teteme is the 1,041,601st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Teteme are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 306,089. In South Africa Teteme is most frequent in: Northern Cape, where 75 percent reside, North West, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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