Selana Surname
Approximately 1,146 people bear this surname
Selana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,007 | 1:53,801 | 6,837 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Selana (153) may also be a first name.
Selana Demographics
Average Selana Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selana (Hindi: सेलाना, Marathi: सेलाना, Oriya: େସଲନା, Russian: Селана) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 324,858th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,359,115 people. Selana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Selana reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Selana is also the 743,570th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 153 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,007 people, or 1 in 53,801. In South Africa Selana is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Selana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Selana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Selana last name expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Selana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selana surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Selana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.44% less than the national average, earning R 141,540 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selana in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलाना | selana | - |
| Selana in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲନା | esalana | - |
| Selana in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलाना | selana | - |
| Selana in the Russian language | ||
| Селана | selana | - |
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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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- 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 Selana
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