Tlemu Surname
Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname
Tlemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,305 | 1:40,568 | 4,637 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Tlemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tlemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tlemu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tlemu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tlemu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tlemu is the 292,450th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,575,781 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tlemu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Tlemu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,305 people, or 1 in 40,568. In Tanzania it is most common in: Manyara Region, where 95 percent live, Arusha Region, where 5 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tlemu
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