Selasse Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Selasse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Selasse (4,059) may also be a first name.
Selasse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selasse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selasse has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selasse? popularity and diffusion
Selasse is the 2,979,664th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Selasse is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Selasse live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 109,386th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 4,059 people.
This last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Apart from Ethiopia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 9 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Selasse
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