Selalame Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Selalame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selalame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana501:43,7398,388
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Selalame Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selalame is found most in Botswana. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selalame? popularity and diffusion

The surname Selalame is the 2,352,516th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Selalame reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Selalame is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 43,739. Besides Botswana this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selalome88186/
Silalame8817/
Seelaliam822/
Zelaleme751,289/
Silalama75125/
Seelalom7524/
Silaliam755/
Chelalam752/
Shilalam751/
Silialam751/
Silatlam751/
Zelelame751/
Selaloma751/
Silalom67341/
Sylalom676/
Salolammi599/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Selalame
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