Seleem Surname
Approximately 15,954 people bear this surname
Seleem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 13,728 | 1:6,697 | 816 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,948 | 1:15,840 | 2,206 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Seleem (1,014) may also be a first name.
Seleem Demographics
Average Seleem Salary in
United States
$57,215 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seleem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seleem (Hindi: सेलीम, Marathi: सेलीम) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Seleem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 33,290th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 456,785 people. The surname Seleem is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Seleem are found; 86 percent are found in North Africa and 86 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Seleem is also the 252,325th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 1,014 people.
It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 13,728 people, or 1 in 6,697. Other than Egypt this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.
Seleem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seleem surname are 37.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the party.
Seleem earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.6% more than the national average, earning $57,215 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seleem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seleem in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलीम | selima | - |
| Seleem in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलीम | selima | - |
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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 Seleem
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