Selamo Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Selamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 398 | 1:52,184 | 6,810 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Selamo (25) may also be a first name.
Selamo Demographics
Average Selamo Salary in
United States
$22,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selamo is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Selamo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selamo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 699,651st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname Selamo occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Selamo reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Selamo is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 25 people.
Selamo is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 52,184. In Cameroon Selamo is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent live, Littoral Region, where 9 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Selamo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Selamo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 61.94% less than the national average, earning R 90,456 per year and in United States they earn 47.95% less than the national average, earning $22,458 USD per year.
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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 Selamo
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