Selangor Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Selangor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selangor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Selangor (14) may also be a first name.

Selangor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selangor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Selangor occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Selangor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selangor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Selangor occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Selangor reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Selangor is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name internationally It is held by 14 people.

Selangor is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 893,764. In Malaysia Selangor is most frequent in: Selangor, where 82 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 15 percent live and Kelantan, where 3 percent live. Excluding Malaysia Selangor exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selangur88114/
Selannor882/
Selanour881/
Selaghoor821/
Selagar807/
Zelagor801/
Selanar801/
Shelagar7511/
Silangar759/
Salangar756/
Solangar753/
Selagare751/
Selaghar751/
Selianar751/
Selaghare7131/
Chelangar715/
Shelagare715/
Shalangar711/
Shelaghare6755/
Sılanar6722/
Silagar6717/
Silanar671/
Celagar671/

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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 Selangor
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