Sel Surname
Approximately 14,300 people bear this surname
Sel Surname Definition:
Seale: (Old Norse sel; A.S. seale), a residence or hall: Seal in Worcestershire, Zeal in Devon, Seale in Surrey, Selworthy; surnames Selborne, Selby, Seale, perhaps Seeley; Ingersoll, Plimsoll. Inger is the Norse Ingvar, a settler who called the seal or sel after himself.
Read More About This SurnameSel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,862 | 1:8,781 | 1,168 |
| Mexico | 714 | 1:173,846 | 5,022 |
| Guatemala | 398 | 1:40,409 | 2,080 |
| Russia | 388 | 1:371,451 | 36,407 |
| Papua New Guinea | 344 | 1:23,703 | 2,602 |
| Serbia | 330 | 1:21,651 | 2,458 |
| Belgium | 328 | 1:35,051 | 5,704 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Iran | 261 | 1:294,186 | 20,976 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Germany | 233 | 1:345,517 | 33,688 |
| India | 212 | 1:3,618,233 | 101,667 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Indonesia | 188 | 1:703,453 | 54,601 |
| France | 134 | 1:495,692 | 69,430 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Brazil | 84 | 1:2,548,504 | 77,255 |
| Norway | 68 | 1:75,622 | 10,585 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Taiwan | 38 | 1:616,967 | 4,529 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Romania | 34 | 1:590,526 | 42,844 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Belarus | 33 | 1:287,911 | 32,667 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Lithuania | 30 | 1:101,153 | 13,307 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Azerbaijan | 18 | 1:536,062 | 10,041 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Šel (75) are calculated separately.
Sel (2,892) may also be a first name.
Sel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Seale: (Old Norse sel; A.S. seale), a residence or hall: Seal in Worcestershire, Zeal in Devon, Seale in Surrey, Selworthy; surnames Selborne, Selby, Seale, perhaps Seeley; Ingersoll, Plimsoll. Inger is the Norse Ingvar, a settler who called the seal or sel after himself.
Sel Demographics
Average Sel Salary in
United States
$43,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻞ, Hindi: सेल, Marathi: सेल, Oriya: େସଲ, Russian: Сель, Tibetan: གསལ་) is found most in Turkey. It may occur as: Šel. For other potential spellings of Sel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sel is the 36,880th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 509,619 people. Sel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Sel live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Sel is also the 135,123rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 2,892 people.
This surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 8,862 people, or 1 in 8,781. In Turkey Sel is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Ankara Province, where 7 percent live and Samsun Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 101 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 5 percent live and Guatemala, where 3 percent live.
Sel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Sel are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Sel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning 325,562 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.01% less than the national average, earning R 173,460 per year; in United States they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning $43,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 66.51% more than the national average, earning $82,729 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šel | 89 | 75 | / |
| Sell | 86 | 31,656 | / |
| Seel | 86 | 9,341 | / |
| Selt | 86 | 6,479 | / |
| Sael | 86 | 2,690 | / |
| Seul | 86 | 2,576 | / |
| Shel | 86 | 2,461 | / |
| Suel | 86 | 2,266 | / |
| Sehl | 86 | 1,581 | / |
| Soel | 86 | 745 | / |
| Siel | 86 | 593 | / |
| Szel | 86 | 486 | / |
| Seld | 86 | 75 | / |
| Selp | 86 | 41 | / |
| Selh | 86 | 28 | / |
| Zsel | 86 | 11 | / |
| Selø | 86 | 9 | / |
| Sesl | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sjel | 86 | 3 | / |
| Xsel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ssel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hsel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sxel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scel | 86 | 0 | / |
| Sl | 80 | 1,850 | / |
| Shell | 75 | 20,926 | / |
| Sheel | 75 | 12,626 | / |
| Selph | 75 | 3,698 | / |
| Schel | 75 | 852 | / |
| Siehl | 75 | 828 | / |
| Suell | 75 | 689 | / |
| Szell | 75 | 681 | / |
| Soell | 75 | 447 | / |
| Åsell | 75 | 353 | / |
| Soehl | 75 | 252 | / |
| Scell | 75 | 224 | / |
| Szelp | 75 | 84 | / |
| Seelt | 75 | 82 | / |
| Zsell | 75 | 68 | / |
| Sziel | 75 | 49 | / |
| Saell | 75 | 44 | / |
| Segli | 75 | 43 | / |
| Suehl | 75 | 32 | / |
| Sield | 75 | 21 | / |
| Scelp | 75 | 17 | / |
| Seell | 75 | 17 | / |
| Sceel | 75 | 10 | / |
| Seldt | 75 | 9 | / |
| Seull | 75 | 8 | / |
| Selpp | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sseel | 75 | 7 | / |
| Seehl | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sjeel | 75 | 6 | / |
| Szeel | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sehlå | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shjel | 75 | 4 | / |
| Jsell | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sciel | 75 | 2 | / |
| Seuhl | 75 | 2 | / |
| Selld | 75 | 2 | / |
| Seelh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jseel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sielt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selbp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seltt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sellh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jssel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shıel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sehll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seesl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sellő | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sdjel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sjelh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sil | 67 | 139,450 | / |
| Schell | 67 | 38,688 | / |
| Scheel | 67 | 18,843 | / |
| Selowa | 67 | 8,122 | / |
| Schiel | 67 | 5,720 | / |
| Gel | 67 | 5,068 | / |
| Cel | 67 | 2,641 | / |
| Zel | 67 | 1,549 | / |
| Slt | 67 | 1,402 | / |
| Schehl | 67 | 916 | / |
| Schoel | 67 | 852 | / |
| Schael | 67 | 617 | / |
| Scl | 67 | 554 | / |
| Jel | 67 | 439 | / |
| Sül | 67 | 439 | / |
| Žel | 67 | 182 | / |
| Szellő | 67 | 151 | / |
| Selova | 67 | 146 | / |
| Syl | 67 | 87 | / |
| Selsås | 67 | 78 | / |
| Slh | 67 | 74 | / |
| Shl | 67 | 71 | / |
| Schelt | 67 | 56 | / |
| Xel | 67 | 52 | / |
| Sjl | 67 | 49 | / |
| Schuel | 67 | 46 | / |
| Hsl | 67 | 42 | / |
| Seljås | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ssl | 67 | 30 | / |
| Sll | 67 | 22 | / |
| Shchel | 67 | 20 | / |
| Siegli | 67 | 16 | / |
| Säl | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sld | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sæl | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jsl | 67 | 8 | / |
| Szl | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sheell | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shcell | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zsl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Xsl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sheehl | 67 | 5 | / |
| Slp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sxl | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hőssel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dsl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssheel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Síl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shseel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shzeel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sael'l | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjeelh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sseelh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sciell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Siehll | 67 | 0 | / |
| Geesel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scehel | 67 | 0 | / |
Sel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sel in the Marathi language | ||
| सेल | sela | - |
| Sel in the Hindi language | ||
| सेल | sela | 99.12 |
| Sel in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲ | esala | 83.64 |
| େଶଲ | esala | 7.27 |
| େସଲ୍ | esal | 5.45 |
| Sel in the Tibetan language | ||
| གསལ་ | sal | 75 |
| སྲོལ་ | sol | 25 |
| Sel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻞ | sl | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻠﻢ | slm | 33.33 |
| Sel in the Russian language | ||
| Сель | sel | - |
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