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
Selana (Hindi: सेलाना, Marathi: सेलाना, Oriya: େସଲନା, Russian: Селана) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Selana is the 324,858th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. The last name Selana is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Selana live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 743,570th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 153 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,007 people, or 1 in 53,801. In South Africa Selana is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent are found, Western Cape, where 22 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Selana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Selana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Selana surname increased 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Selana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Selana last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political 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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