Teleki
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Teleki is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Alapszava, ősi finnugor eredetű tel- igénk -k névszóképzővel ellátott alakja eredetileg ’valamivel tele levő, telített’ földterületre vonatkozott.
- CZCzechia1 in 218K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 700K
- BEBelgium1 in 2.9M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 12 (measured from records)
- 1 in 218K (inferred from the name graph)
49 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Alapszava, ősi finnugor eredetű tel- igénk -k névszóképzővel ellátott alakja eredetileg ’valamivel tele levő, telített’ földterületre vonatkozott. Ma is a népnyelvben sok helyütt ’jól, rendszeresen trágyázott föld’ a jelentése. Ilyen föld általában a lakó- és gazdasági épületek körül volt, s kialakult a szónak ’építkezésre használt föld’ és ’faluhely’ jelentése. Ennek alapján igen sok településnév lett belőle Bács, Baranya, Békés, Bihar, Csanád, Fejér, Gömör, Győr, Hunyad, Keve, Küküllő, Külső-Szolnok, Somogy, Sopron, Szabolcs, Temes, Torda, Ugocsa, Valkó, Veszprém, Zala, Zaránd vármegyében. Közülük bármelyik megkaphatta az ’onnan/oda való’ jelentésű -i képzőt, és eredetre, származási helyre utaló családnév lett belőle. Elterjedtsége: A Dunántúl délkeleti részén és a Dunától keletre gyakoribb.
Sources 1
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teleki counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 49 | 1 in 218K | 49 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 16 | 1 in 3.1M | 16 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 12 | 1 in 700K | 12 | — | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 4 | 1 in 2.9M | 4 | — | 2 |
| RS Serbia | — | — | — | Teleki | 12 |
49 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- József Telekib. 1738HUHungarian politician (1738-1796)
- József Telekib. 1790HUHungarian politician (1790–1855)
- Blanka Telekib. 1806HUHungarian painter, pioneer of women's education (1806–1862)
- László Telekib. 1811HUHungarian politician (1811–1861)
- Géza Telekib. 1843HUHungarian politician (1843–1913)
- Sámuel Telekib. 1845HUHungarian explorer (1845–1916)
- Pál Telekib. 1879HUPrime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)
- Pál Telekib. 1906ROHungarian footballer (1906-1984)
- Géza Telekib. 1911HUHungarian geologist, politician (1911–1983)
- Gyula Telekib. 1928HUassociation football player (1928-2017)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 49 | #29,763 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 49 | #10,717 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16 | #94,489 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 12 | #53,184 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4 | #110,450 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Teleki mean?
- Recorded meaning: Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Alapszava, ősi finnugor eredetű tel- igénk -k névszóképzővel ellátott alakja eredetileg ’valamivel tele levő, telített’ földterületre vonatkozott.
- In which country does Teleki have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 49 people named Teleki, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Teleki most common?
- Teleki is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 218 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Teleki?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 49 people named Teleki, about 1 in 218 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/telekiThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Teleki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.