Selehe Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Selehe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
Selehe (219) may also be a first name.
Selehe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selehe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selehe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﻬﺎ) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Selehe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selehe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Selehe occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Selehe live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 219 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 94 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 3 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selehe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selehe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﻬﺎ | slmha | - |
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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 Selehe
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