Selaye Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Selaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Selaye (106) may also be a first name.
Selaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻼﻱ) is more frequently found in Argentina than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Selaye live; 81 percent live in South America and 81 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 915,176th most common given name internationally, borne by 106 people.
The last name is most frequent in Argentina, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 890,488. In Argentina it is most numerous in: Buenos Aires Province, where 50 percent live, Santa Fe Province, where 38 percent live and Mendoza Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Argentina this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻼﻱ | alslay | - |
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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 Selaye
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