Seleka Surname
Approximately 10,420 people bear this surname
Seleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7,641 | 1:7,090 | 912 |
| Botswana | 1,671 | 1:1,309 | 85 |
| Tanzania | 700 | 1:75,631 | 7,855 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Lesotho | 80 | 1:25,407 | 5,059 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Seleka (1,999) may also be a first name.
Seleka Demographics
Average Seleka Salary in
South Africa
R 176,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Seleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seleka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻚ, Oriya: େସେଲକା, Russian: Селека) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleka? popularity and diffusion
Seleka is the 49,377th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 699,381 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Seleka reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Seleka is also the 169,069th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 1,999 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 7,641 people, or 1 in 7,090. In South Africa Seleka is mostly found in: North West, where 33 percent are found, Limpopo, where 27 percent are found and Gauteng, where 25 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 16 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Seleka Last Name Statistics demography
Seleka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.68% less than the national average, earning R 176,604 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seleka in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଲକା | eselaka | 94.12 |
| େସେଲଗା | eselaga | 5.88 |
| Seleka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻚ | slk | 42.86 |
| ﺳﻠﻜﻪ | slkh | 28.57 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻜﻪ | salkh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪ | alsalkh | 14.29 |
| Seleka in the Russian language | ||
| Селека | seleka | - |
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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 Seleka
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