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
Selehe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﻬﺎ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Selehe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Selehe reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Selehe is also the 609,814th most frequent first name globally It is held by 219 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania Selehe is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 94 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 3 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside.
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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