Selai Surname
Approximately 2,262 people bear this surname
Selai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,353 | 1:40,043 | 5,143 |
| Lesotho | 480 | 1:4,234 | 820 |
| Algeria | 247 | 1:156,403 | 20,126 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Selai (1,859) may also be a first name.
Selai Demographics
Average Selai Salary in
United States
$40,735 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selai (Georgian: სელაი, Hindi: सेलाइ, Oriya: େସଲାଇ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 187,069th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,221,727 people. Selai is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Selai are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,637th most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 1,859 people.
The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,353 people, or 1 in 40,043. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 32 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 16 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 21 percent reside and Algeria, where 11 percent reside.
Selai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selai last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Selai earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.94% less than the national average, earning R 121,332 per year and in United States they earn 5.59% less than the national average, earning $40,735 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selai in the Georgian language | ||
| სელაი | selai | - |
| Selai in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलाइ | sela'i | - |
| Selai in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲାଇ | esala'i | 90.87 |
| େସଲାଏ | esala'e | 6.75 |
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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 Selai
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