Selei Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Selei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 485 | 1:4,509 | 674 |
| Indonesia | 127 | 1:1,041,332 | 75,890 |
| Lesotho | 61 | 1:33,321 | 6,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Hungary | 39 | 1:251,699 | 20,039 |
| Solomon Islands | 30 | 1:19,334 | 3,744 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Sélei (26) & Šelei (10) are calculated separately.
Selei (201) may also be a first name.
Selei Demographics
Average Selei Salary in
South Africa
R 78,084
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Selei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selei (Oriya: େସେଲଇ) is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Sélei or Šelei. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 406,613th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,464,049 people. Selei occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Selei reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Selei is also the 639,077th most common first name globally. It is borne by 201 people.
The surname Selei is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 4,509. Without taking into account Botswana this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Lesotho, where 7 percent are found.
Selei Last Name Statistics demography
Selei earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.14% less than the national average, earning R 78,084 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selei in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଲଇ | esela'i | - |
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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 Selei
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