O'Selmo Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

O'Selmo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Selmo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana2241:3,403627
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

O'Selmo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Selmo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O'Selmo is found in Guyana more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Selmo? popularity and diffusion

O'Selmo is the 1,038,570th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of O'Selmo reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The surname O'Selmo is most prevalent in Guyana, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 3,403. In Guyana O'Selmo is primarily concentrated in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 43 percent reside, Barima-Waini, where 35 percent reside and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Guyana it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oselmo92149/
O'Selma862/
Aselmo7711/
Ozelmo771/
Oxelmo771/
Oselma771/
Olmo7318,300/
Hoslemo7140/
Auselmo717/
Asselmo715/
Haselmo714/
Ozielmo713/
Ottelmo712/
Olmos67117,467/
Holmo67136/
Golmo6767/
Olmoz6765/
Hasselmo6718/
Hässelmo678/
Oilmo677/
Hozielmo671/
Oclmo671/

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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
  • 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 O'Selmo
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