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
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Seleem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seleem (Hindi: सेलीम, Marathi: सेलीम) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seleem.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,290th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 456,785 people. Seleem is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Seleem live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 252,325th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 1,014 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 13,728 people, or 1 in 6,697. Excluding Egypt it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found 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 Democrats than the national average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the political 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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