Thesleff Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Thesleff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thesleff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland341:161,66814,556
Sweden111:895,16066,831
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Thesleff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thesleff occurs most in Finland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thesleff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Thesleff are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 161,668. In Finland Thesleff is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 41 percent reside, Kymenlaakso, where 21 percent reside and Päijänne Tavastia, where 21 percent reside. Besides Finland it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 21 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tetsleff880/
Theslöf8015/
Telef77305/
Thasleef754/
Terzleff751/
Theeleaf751/
Teslev71247/
Telefe7164/
Teliff710/
Tesleva67264/
Teislev6714/
Thilefe671/
Thielew670/

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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 Thesleff
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