Selbam Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Selbam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selbam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Selbam (28) may also be a first name.

Selbam Last Name Facts

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

Selbam (Hindi: सेल्बम, Marathi: सेलबम) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Selbam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selbam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Selbam are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 28 people.

It is most numerous in India, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Selbam is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 92 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent are found. Not including India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selbaum9211/
Sellbam923/
Shelbam921/
Sellbaum862/
Selbamnn861/
Seluam8342/
Selban8318/
Selwam8313/
Gelbam833/
Silbam832/
Selbom831/
Schelbaum8025/
Gelbaum77134/
Sellbom7756/
Sellvam7727/
Silbaum7725/
Seeluam776/
Seluame776/
Shelban775/
Selboum771/
Shelwam771/
Sellban771/
Selbaan771/
Selbane771/
Schellbaum751/
Schielbaum750/
Gielbaum719/
Shelbain710/
Zielbaum710/
Celban67162/
Schlebaum67155/
Silban67127/
Selbon674/
Silwam672/
Silbom671/
Celbań671/
Seluom671/
Sylban671/

Selbam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selbam in the Hindi language
सेल्बमselbama-
Selbam in the Marathi language
सेलबमselabama91.3
बामbama4.35
सेलवमselavama4.35

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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
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  • 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 Selbam
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