Selame Surname
Approximately 2,944 people bear this surname
Selame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Chile | 63 | 1:279,627 | 8,218 |
| Mauritania | 56 | 1:73,123 | 4,924 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Selamé (1) & Sélamé (1) are calculated separately.
Selame (554) may also be a first name.
Selame Demographics
Average Selame Salary in
United States
$72,789 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻪ, Marathi: सेलमे) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Selamé or Sélamé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 149,952nd most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,475,389 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Selame live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 357,521st most widely held given name globally, borne by 554 people.
The surname Selame is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Barring Ethiopia this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 2 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Selame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Selame are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Selame earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.69% more than the national average, earning $72,789 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selame in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलमे | selame | - |
| Selame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻪ | slamh | 54.2 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 18.32 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﺔ | slamt | 9.16 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ | alslam | 5.34 |
| ﺳﻠﻢ | slm | 4.58 |
| ﺍﺳﻼﻣﻪ | aslamh | 3.82 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻣﻪ | alslamh | 3.05 |
| ﺍﺳﻼﻡ | aslam | 0.76 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 0.76 |
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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 Selame
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