Selbes Surname

384,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Selbes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selbes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey9041:86,0867,763
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

The alternate forms: Selbeş (1) are calculated separately.

Selbes (18) may also be a first name.

Selbes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selbes is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Selbeş. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selbes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Selbes is the 384,654th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,886,954 people. The surname Selbes occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Selbes reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 18 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 904 people, or 1 in 86,086. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Aydin Province, where 24 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 12 percent are found and Konya Province, where 11 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selbeş941/
Selbest9291/
Suelbes921/
Selbe91803/
Selbie83576/
Selber83530/
Selbee83228/
Gelbes8384/
Jelbes8312/
Selbey8310/
Scelbe838/
Shelbe837/
Slebes836/
Selbei834/
Selbea831/
Selbed831/
Selbis831/
Seulbe831/
Schelbe7721/
Selbher7710/
Shelbey779/
Shellbe777/
Slebets774/
Gelbets772/
Selbish771/
Selbech771/
Seliues771/
Zelbest771/
Silbesz771/
Celbest770/
Selby7332,819/
Selbi73713/
Selba73204/
Silbe73164/
Slves7319/
Slbis736/
Sylbe734/
Celbe731/
Selbé731/
Schlebes71187/
Selbherr7188/
Schuelbe714/
Szelwies712/
Shellbey711/
Schelbie711/
Schellbe710/
Schelber710/
Shelby6721,667/
Silber678,312/
Scelba67170/
Scelbi67136/
Gilbes67100/
Silbey6796/
Sylber6761/
Zelbey6753/
Gelbez6735/
Schelwies6720/
Gelbis6715/
Shelbi6715/
Selbai6711/
Silbee674/
Seluis674/
Clebes674/
Szelba674/
Silbet673/
Celbis673/
Selbay672/
Celber672/
Selbio672/
Celbie672/
Seulbi672/
Chelbe671/
Silbeu671/
Celbei671/
Shlves671/
Selboy671/
Jlbees671/
Shilbe671/
Jelbis671/
Sielby670/
Sellby670/
Selbic670/

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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 Selbes
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