Selass Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Selass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Selass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selass is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Selass.
How Common Is The Last Name Selass? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selass is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Selass live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
The last name Selass is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Besides Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 10 percent live.
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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 Selass
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