Selami Surname
Approximately 8,392 people bear this surname
Selami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 6,384 | 1:6,051 | 989 |
| Albania | 755 | 1:3,860 | 698 |
| North Macedonia | 403 | 1:5,215 | 988 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Turkey | 164 | 1:474,521 | 27,449 |
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Greece | 140 | 1:79,141 | 13,353 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
The alternate forms: Sélami (2) are calculated separately.
Selami (45,764) may also be a first name.
Selami Demographics
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Selami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selami (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻲ, Hindi: सेलामी, Marathi: सेलामी, Oriya: େସଲାମି) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sélami. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selami? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,068th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 868,392 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Selami live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Mahgreb. Selami is also the 19,917th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 45,764 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 6,384 people, or 1 in 6,051. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Ouargla Province, where 42 percent are found, Djelfa Province, where 12 percent are found and Biskra Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 9 percent are found and North Macedonia, where 5 percent are found.
Selami Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selami surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Selami earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.09% less than the national average, earning R 168,516 per year and in United States they earn 15.36% more than the national average, earning $49,775 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selami in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलामी | selami | - |
| Selami in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलामी | selami | - |
| Selami in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻲ | slamy | 50 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﻰ | slamy | 16.67 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 16.67 |
| ﺳﻼﻭﻱ | slawy | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻣﻲ | alslamy | 8.33 |
| Selami in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲାମି | esalami | 33.33 |
| େସଲମୀ | esalami | 33.33 |
| େସାଲମି | esalami | 16.67 |
| େସଲମି | esalami | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Selami
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