Seleban Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Seleban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seleban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Somaliland41:875,0461,198
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Seleban (10) may also be a first name.

Seleban Last Name Facts

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

Seleban occurs most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seleban? popularity and diffusion

Seleban is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Seleban reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Seleban is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Garissa County, where 44 percent live, Wajir County, where 44 percent live and Taita Taveta County, where 11 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 19 percent live and Somaliland, where 19 percent live.

Seleban Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Seleban
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