Tselem Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tselem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tselem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Tselem (12) may also be a first name.

Tselem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tselem is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tselem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tselem is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tselem are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tselem is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

The last name Tselem is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Tselem is found in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tseulem921/
Tsheleme861/
Tseeleem861/
Tselen8364/
Tsalem8325/
Tselim834/
Tselym831/
Tseleng77562/
Tshilem7755/
Tsaleem7738/
Tselenk774/
Çelem73848/
Zelem73260/
Celem7383/
Tsaleemh715/
Tshileme714/
Tseytlim712/
Tseitlen712/
Tse'elim712/
Tcheleme711/
Tselin67155/
Zhelem6779/
Chelem6768/
Tsalim6739/
Tselyn6733/
Dzelem6711/
Dsalem674/
Zielem673/
Celiem673/
Scelim671/
Tselengue671/
Tsilim671/
Tzelen671/
Tselimova671/
Ceelem671/

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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 Tselem
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