Seldom Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Seldom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seldom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guam11:160,1214,893
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Seldom (74) may also be a first name.

Seldom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seldom (Arabic: قلما) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Seldom? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Seldom reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Seldom is also the 1,125,792nd most common forename on earth, held by 74 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Seldom is most frequent in: New York, where 20 percent live, Alabama, where 10 percent live and Arkansas, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

Seldom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Seldom has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Seldom Last Name Statistics demography

Seldom earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheldom928/
Seldome920/
Seldon834,137/
Seldam8362/
Sildom8318/
Sheldon7741,731/
Sheldam776/
Sehldon772/
Selldon772/
Shldoum771/
Sheldone7180/
Scheldon7112/
Shelldon716/
Sheldonn711/
Shelldum711/
Schledom710/
Sildon6762/
Sildam6756/
Zeldon6739/
Seldan6723/
Celdon6716/
Çeldam679/
Zeldam679/
Söldon672/
Shldam671/
Shelldone671/
Syldon671/

Seldom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Seldom in the Arabic language
قلماqlma-

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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 Seldom
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