Selapi Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Selapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Selapi (16) may also be a first name.
Selapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selapi (Marathi: सेलपी) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Selapi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Selapi live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 81 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selapi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selapi in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलपी | selapi | - |
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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 Selapi
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