Selbekk Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Selbekk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selbekk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2081:24,7233,295
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
England41:13,929,515290,718

Selbekk Last Name Facts

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

Selbekk is most common in Norway. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selbekk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Selbekk live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 24,723. In Norway Selbekk is most common in: Central Norway, where 70 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent are found and Western Norway, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Selbekk Last Name Statistics demography

Selbekk earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning 341,011 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selbek9220/
Selbeck86112/
Shelbek861/
Sielbeck8073/
Soelbeck800/
Sellbeck800/
Celbek77299/
Selbik7764/
Gelbek7718/
Sølbek777/
Silbek772/
Selbeg771/
Schelbeck7535/
Shchelbek751/
Szilbek7183/
Sølbeck7155/
Scheelbeek7154/
Gelbeke7121/
Shlebek7116/
Gelbeck719/
Shlbeek711/
Sölbeck711/
Silbeck711/
Shelbik711/
Slebeck710/
Selweck710/
Selbeig710/
Gelbecke6732/
Zellbeck673/
Djelbekh671/
Schlebek671/
Chelbeck671/
Shilbeck670/

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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
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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 Selbekk
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