Tilaga Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tilaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
India91:85,229,487684,495
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tilaga (674) may also be a first name.

Tilaga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tilaga (Hindi: तिलगा, Marathi: ितलगा) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilaga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Tilaga is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Tilaga reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Tilaga is also the 319,366th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 674 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Tilaga is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 40 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 40 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 10 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thilaga9261/
Tilanga9210/
Tileaga9210/
Tilagai921/
Tailaga921/
Tilagay921/
Thilanga86367/
Tailanga869/
Tailagad862/
Thilagai861/
Teilagha861/
Tilaghas861/
Telaga83961/
Tulaga8349/
Tilega8322/
Tilago8313/
Tilage839/
Tylaga831/
Telyaga771,136/
Teleaga77563/
Tulagha77407/
Telanga77388/
Telagad77270/
Tullaga77158/
Tilaguy77148/
Tilange77102/
Tuilagi7777/
Tilagui7729/
Tilango7715/
Telagay777/
Thilage775/
Telagah775/
Telagat774/
Thelaga773/
Tilonga772/
Telagas772/
Tilhage771/
Tileagă771/
Tulagay771/
Tulagga771/
Tulahga771/
Tulagaa771/
Tilangi771/
Tilager771/
Telagau771/
Teelaga771/
Tealaga771/
Thulaga771/
Thilange718/
Tailange717/
Telangah713/
Thilager712/
Teleanga712/
Telangai711/
Tullauga711/
Telaghad711/
Tulaghau711/
Taillage711/
Tilanguy711/
Thilagie711/
Telega672,430/
Telagi671,243/
Telage67208/
Tulega6713/
Tylega676/
Tilogi675/
Téléga673/
Teloga672/
Tulyagaha671/
Telago671/

Tilaga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tilaga in the Hindi language
तिलगाtilaga96.34
तिलागाtilaga3.66
Tilaga in the Marathi language
ितलगाitalaga90.91
ितलागाitalaga9.09

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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 Tilaga
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