Selma Forename
2,254th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 452,780 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Namibia
Selma Forename Definition:
A Celtic name, meaning: Fair.
Selma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 170,290 | 1:457 | 63 |
| Brazil | 98% | 120,635 | 1:1,776 | 276 |
| Namibia | - | 29,038 | 1:83 | 3 |
| Sudan | 67% | 20,624 | 1:1,833 | 342 |
| Mozambique | - | 18,720 | 1:1,455 | 330 |
| United States | 100% | 16,765 | 1:21,625 | 1,691 |
| Morocco | 100% | 10,482 | 1:3,277 | 410 |
| Algeria | 100% | 9,923 | 1:3,847 | 496 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,482 | 1:14,915 | 825 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,803 | 1:4,647 | 734 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,174 | 1:4,049 | 654 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2,557 | 1:1,378 | 358 |
| India | 100% | 2,185 | 1:556,008 | 43,306 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,868 | 1:66,458 | 2,114 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,775 | 1:5,554 | 593 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,675 | 1:32,557 | 3,867 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,636 | 1:157,680 | 16,149 |
| France | 100% | 1,613 | 1:41,209 | 1,373 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,610 | 1:65,844 | 4,298 |
| Israel | 75% | 1,557 | 1:5,397 | 890 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,382 | 1:12,740 | 860 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 1,340 | 1:3,056 | 338 |
| Portugal | - | 1,190 | 1:8,749 | 556 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,025 | 1:32,325 | 2,497 |
| Egypt | 90% | 998 | 1:92,085 | 4,309 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| England | 100% | 972 | 1:57,205 | 2,592 |
| Norway | 100% | 785 | 1:6,538 | 703 |
| Denmark | - | 781 | 1:7,234 | 710 |
| Austria | 100% | 725 | 1:11,744 | 681 |
| Spain | 100% | 708 | 1:65,720 | 2,325 |
| Argentina | 100% | 685 | 1:62,443 | 1,546 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 589 | 1:540 | 72 |
| Honduras | 100% | 526 | 1:16,763 | 1,322 |
| Belgium | 100% | 506 | 1:22,708 | 1,635 |
| Finland | 100% | 486 | 1:11,282 | 848 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 459 | 1:5,357 | 648 |
| Peru | 100% | 456 | 1:69,718 | 2,969 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 426 | 1:19,281 | 1,383 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 384 | 1:27,608 | 1,619 |
| Albania | 100% | 350 | 1:8,704 | 1,430 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 327 | 1:93,119 | 6,665 |
| Croatia | 100% | 312 | 1:13,516 | 904 |
| Iceland | 100% | 280 | 1:1,307 | 256 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 216 | 1:48,293 | 3,270 |
| Estonia | 100% | 214 | 1:6,147 | 853 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 187 | 1:38,699 | 1,692 |
| Kosovo | - | 175 | 1:10,637 | 1,532 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 174 | 1:3,890 | 596 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 170 | 1:8,008 | 1,252 |
| Panama | 100% | 167 | 1:23,393 | 2,181 |
| Colombia | 100% | 147 | 1:325,027 | 6,091 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 147 | 1:4,317 | 673 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 145 | 1:1,224,582 | 28,996 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 134 | 1:120,212 | 2,395 |
| Thailand | 96% | 131 | 1:534,854 | 24,885 |
| El Salvador | - | 126 | 1:50,332 | 1,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 124 | 1:65,744 | 6,290 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 124 | 1:243,564 | 8,305 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 119 | 1:274,147 | 6,099 |
| Australia | - | 115 | 1:118,762 | 3,964 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 110 | 1:1,416 | 380 |
| Jamaica | - | 108 | 1:26,697 | 1,943 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 102 | 1:68,533 | 2,904 |
| Liberia | 60% | 101 | 1:43,684 | 2,422 |
| Ecuador | - | 97 | 1:182,752 | 3,287 |
| Italy | 100% | 97 | 1:629,506 | 6,270 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 97 | 1:35,336 | 1,497 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 93 | 1:64,713 | 2,769 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| New Zealand | - | 78 | 1:58,154 | 2,996 |
| Greece | 100% | 73 | 1:149,788 | 3,433 |
| Czechia | 60% | 70 | 1:152,231 | 1,388 |
| Serbia | 100% | 67 | 1:106,653 | 2,827 |
| Romania | 100% | 66 | 1:303,818 | 9,414 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Russia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,289,424 | 14,741 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 59 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Barbados | - | 48 | 1:6,037 | 838 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 46 | 1:4,225,167 | 43,157 |
| Ireland | 100% | 43 | 1:107,989 | 2,589 |
| Belize | 100% | 41 | 1:8,642 | 1,397 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 39 | 1:122,255 | 3,564 |
| Scotland | 100% | 39 | 1:137,189 | 2,849 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 38 | 1:5,053 | 811 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 36 | 1:198,666 | 12,927 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 33 | 1:5,388 | 878 |
| Grenada | 100% | 32 | 1:3,379 | 620 |
| Guyana | 100% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Cuba | - | 28 | 1:410,948 | 3,088 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 27 | 1:4,133 | 749 |
| Wales | 100% | 23 | 1:134,535 | 2,882 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 18 | 1:535,719 | 10,650 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 12 | 1:44,096 | 2,193 |
| Cameroon | 61% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Kenya | - | 11 | 1:4,209,737 | 24,377 |
| Nepal | 100% | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Sélma (3) & Sëlma (1) are calculated separately.
Selma (15,355) may also be a surname.
Selma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: Fair.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Selma Forename Popularity
Selma Demographics
Selma Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 5 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Selma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selma in the Russian language | ||
| Сельма | selma | - |
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