Selebwa Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Selebwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Selebwa Demographics
Selebwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Selebwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selebwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selebwa occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selebwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,144,405th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Selebwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya Selebwa is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live, Kakamega County, where 49 percent live and Bungoma County, where 0 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Selebwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selebway | 93 | 1 | / |
| Selebwe | 86 | 48 | / |
| Salebwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Silibwa | 71 | 129 | / |
| Salabwa | 71 | 75 | / |
| Jelebua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Salibwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silepwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Solobwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shilibwa | 67 | 348 | / |
| Ssalabwa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Shalabwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Siliebwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sselebbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seelabua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sieleboue | 63 | 1 | / |
| Silabua | 57 | 9 | / |
| Cilebba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gilibwa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Solobua | 57 | 1 | / |
| Silibwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zelepuha | 53 | 27 | / |
| Salabuha | 53 | 8 | / |
| Chilebwe | 53 | 7 | / |
| Shilivwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Seliboue | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Selebwa
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