Selegba Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Selegba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selegba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Selegba Last Name Facts

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

Selegba is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selegba? popularity and diffusion

Selegba is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selegba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Selegba is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent are found. Barring Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selegbah935/
Selegbe8626/
Selegua861/
Zelegba861/
Selegbi861/
Selegbeh8012/
Gelegbat804/
Seleagbe801/
Gelegbah801/
Selekwa71396/
Selogbo713/
Zelegbe712/
Saligba712/
Salogba711/
Selekua711/
Zalegba711/
Gelegbo711/
Silegwa711/
Shalagba6748/
Sologbah676/
Selekway671/
Djelegbo671/
Selekwah671/

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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 Selegba
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