Selamah Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Selamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 510 | 1:259,312 | 23,526 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
Selamah (7,678) may also be a first name.
Selamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selamah is most common in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 594,812th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname Selamah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Selamah are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Selamah is also the 73,016th most common first name in the world, held by 7,678 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 510 people, or 1 in 259,312. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 40 percent live, Aceh, where 35 percent live and Riau Islands, where 7 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Liberia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Selamah
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