Tilaku Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tilaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tilaku (722) may also be a first name.

Tilaku Last Name Facts

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

Tilaku (Hindi: तिलकू, Marathi: ितलकू, Oriya: ତିଲକୁ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tilaku are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tilaku is also the 307,094th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 722 people.

The surname Tilaku is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Tilaku is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 93 percent are found and Adamawa, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tailaku921/
Tiliaku921/
Tiliakou86132/
Telaku83715/
Tulaku834/
Tileku831/
Telakhu7790/
Tilokou7710/
Tuliaku771/
Telakut771/
Telakau771/
Thilakkuth751/
Tielekou711/
Telakhus711/
Teleku6737/
Tieloukou671/
Telacu671/
Tuulaykhuu631/
Telekeu6211/
Telakoe622/
Telekou621/
Teeloku621/
Telegkou574/
Teloukou571/
Telecu502/

Tilaku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tilaku in the Hindi language
तिलकूtilaku64.29
तिलाकूtilaku14.29
तिलाकुtilaku9.52
तिलकुtilaku9.52
टिलकूtilaku2.38
Tilaku in the Oriya language
ତିଲକୁtilaku63.16
ଟିଲକୁtilaku31.58
ତୀଲକୁtilaku5.26
Tilaku in the Marathi language
ितलकूitalaku26.32
िटलकुitalaku21.05
ितलाकूitalaku15.79
िटलकूitalaku15.79
ितलकुitalaku5.26
ितळकुitalaku5.26
िटळकुitalaku5.26
ितलाकुitalaku5.26

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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 Tilaku
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