Sele Surname
Approximately 12,414 people bear this surname
Sele Surname Definition:
V. Seal.
Sele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,009 | 1:18,428 | 2,300 |
| Nigeria | 1,433 | 1:123,617 | 8,116 |
| Indonesia | 1,016 | 1:130,167 | 13,034 |
| South Africa | 895 | 1:60,534 | 7,649 |
| Tanzania | 673 | 1:78,665 | 8,108 |
| Norway | 624 | 1:8,241 | 863 |
| Zambia | 492 | 1:32,215 | 3,290 |
| Liberia | 456 | 1:9,668 | 1,081 |
| United States | 353 | 1:1,026,796 | 75,483 |
| Papua New Guinea | 303 | 1:26,910 | 3,022 |
| Ivory Coast | 284 | 1:81,237 | 4,415 |
| Liechtenstein | 267 | 1:144 | 24 |
| Cameroon | 248 | 1:83,746 | 10,190 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Uganda | 180 | 1:216,885 | 16,934 |
| Congo | 120 | 1:41,576 | 3,928 |
| Solomon Islands | 116 | 1:5,000 | 673 |
| Latvia | 94 | 1:21,809 | 3,293 |
| Lesotho | 89 | 1:22,838 | 4,668 |
| Italy | 61 | 1:1,002,569 | 69,817 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 1:195,546 | 17,263 |
| Kosovo | 37 | 1:50,321 | 3,944 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Şele (745), Šele (9), Sèle (4), Sēle (1) & Šēle (1) are calculated separately.
Sele (12,220) may also be a first name.
Sele Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
V. Seal.
Seale: (Old Norse sel; A.S. seale), a residence or hall: Seal in Worcestershire, Zeal in Devon, Seale in Surrey, Selworthy; surnames Selborne, Selby, Seale, perhaps Seeley; Ingersoll, Plimsoll. Inger is the Norse Ingvar, a settler who called the seal or sel after himself.
Sele Demographics
Sele Political Affiliation
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Sele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻞ, Hindi: सेले, Marathi: सेले, Oriya: େସେଲ, Russian: Селе) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant: Şele, Šele, Sèle, Sēle or Šēle. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 42,076th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 587,043 people. The surname Sele is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sele reside; 35 percent reside in Central Africa and 34 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sele is also the 53,490th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 12,220 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4,009 people, or 1 in 18,428. Besides The DR Congo Sele exists in 76 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Sele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sele surname grew 1,070 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 243 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sele surname are 3.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.94% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sele earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.03% less than the national average, earning 339,071 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.3% less than the national average, earning R 137,112 per year; in United States they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $47,206 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.79% less than the national average, earning $28,424 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sele in the Hindi language | ||
| सेले | sele | - |
| Sele in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଲ | esela | 95.83 |
| େଶେଳ | esela | 4.17 |
| Sele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻞ | sl | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻠﻰ | sly | 33.33 |
| Sele in the Marathi language | ||
| सेले | sele | 50 |
| सोेले | soele | 25 |
| शेले | sele | 25 |
| Sele in the Russian language | ||
| Селе | sele | - |
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