Seldu Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Seldu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Seldu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seldu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seldu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seldu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Seldu reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Seldu is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 33 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seldou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Seldus | 91 | 3 | / |
| Sheldu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Selduş | 91 | 1 | / |
| Selduz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sheldou | 83 | 16 | / |
| Jeldu | 80 | 65 | / |
| Sildu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Geldu | 80 | 15 | / |
| Seldhaus | 77 | 4 | / |
| Silduz | 73 | 34 | / |
| Sildus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Sildou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cheldu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geldou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sildeus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Djeldou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geldous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geldust | 67 | 0 | / |
| Siglidou | 62 | 39 | / |
| Cheldouh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gildu | 60 | 3 | / |
| Jldau | 60 | 1 | / |
| Cledu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Jildu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Szyldhaus | 57 | 6 | / |
| Gildus | 55 | 43 | / |
| Cledou | 55 | 36 | / |
| Gildau | 55 | 7 | / |
| Schildhaus | 53 | 42 | / |
| Schildhuis | 53 | 5 | / |
| Schilldutt | 53 | 1 | / |
| Cildeus | 50 | 1 | / |
| Childus | 50 | 0 | / |
| Gildust | 50 | 0 | / |
| Childup | 50 | 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 Seldu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis