de Selys Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Selys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Selys Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: de Sélys (5) are calculated separately.

de Selys Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Selys is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: de Sélys. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Selys? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Selys is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of de Selys reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 294,786. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Brussels Capital Region, where 77 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Sélys965/
de Seles88506/
de Selis8840/
de Sheles822/
de Sseles821/
de Sela806/
de Sales7551,145/
de Celis752,161/
de Salis75635/
de Solis75161/
de Gelis7575/
de Siles7565/
de Silis7544/
de Celes7532/
de Solís7514/
de Soles7511/
de Seliz752/
de Silès752/
de Szily752/
de Selix751/
de Selia750/
de Salles716,255/
de Sailly7152/
de Seille7121/
de Celaya717/
de Sallis714/
de Salees712/
de Silets712/
de Sayles712/
de Silios711/
de Seillé711/
des Sales711/
de Chelis711/
de Solles711/
de Ssales711/
de Cela6719/
de Sila6712/
de Sailles673/
de Celi673/
de Shetler673/
de Secelle671/
des Salles671/
de Syla671/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Selys
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