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) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selbam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Selbam is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Selbam reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 92 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent reside. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 35 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

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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