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 Male Sel Height
171.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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 more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Šel. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 36,880th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 509,619 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Sel live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 135,123rd most frequent given name globally, held by 2,892 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 8,862 people, or 1 in 8,781. In Turkey Sel is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 7 percent reside and Samsun Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Turkey Sel exists in 101 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 5 percent reside and Guatemala, where 3 percent reside.
Sel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Sel are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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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