Tilaku Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tilaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tiliaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tiliakou | 86 | 132 | / |
| Telaku | 83 | 715 | / |
| Tulaku | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tileku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Telakhu | 77 | 90 | / |
| Tilokou | 77 | 10 | / |
| Tuliaku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Telakut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Telakau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thilakkuth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tielekou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Telakhus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teleku | 67 | 37 | / |
| Tieloukou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Telacu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuulaykhuu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Telekeu | 62 | 11 | / |
| Telakoe | 62 | 2 | / |
| Telekou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Teeloku | 62 | 1 | / |
| Telegkou | 57 | 4 | / |
| Teloukou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Telecu | 50 | 2 | / |
Tilaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tilaku in the Hindi language | ||
| तिलकू | tilaku | 64.29 |
| तिलाकू | tilaku | 14.29 |
| तिलाकु | tilaku | 9.52 |
| तिलकु | tilaku | 9.52 |
| टिलकू | tilaku | 2.38 |
| Tilaku in the Oriya language | ||
| ତିଲକୁ | tilaku | 63.16 |
| ଟିଲକୁ | tilaku | 31.58 |
| ତୀଲକୁ | tilaku | 5.26 |
| Tilaku in the Marathi language | ||
| ितलकू | italaku | 26.32 |
| िटलकु | italaku | 21.05 |
| ितलाकू | italaku | 15.79 |
| िटलकू | italaku | 15.79 |
| ितलकु | italaku | 5.26 |
| ितळकु | italaku | 5.26 |
| िटळकु | italaku | 5.26 |
| ितलाकु | italaku | 5.26 |
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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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