Selbu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Selbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Selbü (1) are calculated separately.
Selbu (13) may also be a first name.
Selbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selbu occurs most in Turkey. It may occur as: Selbü. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selbu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Selbu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Selbu reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Selbu is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,242,559. In Turkey Selbu is primarily found in: Izmir Province, where 71 percent are found, Kars Province, where 17 percent are found and Aydin Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Turkey it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selbü | 93 | 1 | / |
| Selbou | 91 | 105 | / |
| Selbut | 91 | 61 | / |
| Selbuz | 91 | 49 | / |
| Shelbu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Selbus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gelbu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Xelbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shlbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Selboe | 73 | 139 | / |
| Slebus | 73 | 71 | / |
| Silbut | 73 | 4 | / |
| Shilbu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shlebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Silbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shelwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chelbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Silbus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Seelbauth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selwuch | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chelbus | 67 | 13 | / |
| Xlbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silbult | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silbuit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelbuch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schelbusch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Silbuss | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Selbu
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