Selbst Surname

855,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Selbst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selbst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1911:1,897,691123,202
Germany991:813,18659,527
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Selbst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selbst (Russian: Селбст) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selbst? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 855,216th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name Selbst is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Selbst live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 1,897,691. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 26 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Selbst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Selbst last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the political party.

The amount Selbst earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 4.03% more than the national average, earning R 247,212 per year and in United States they earn 29.72% more than the national average, earning $55,972 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selbs912/
Zelbst8324/
Sielbs832/
Selbse831/
Selps731/
Silbs730/
Shelps6712/
Selphs671/
Schilbs621/
Celps551/
Zelbx551/
Shilps503/
Chelps502/

Selbst Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selbst in the Russian language
Селбстselbst-

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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 Selbst
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