Selekar Surname

497,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Selekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6531:1,174,67947,438
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519

The alternate forms: Šelekar (97) are calculated separately.

Selekar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selekar (Marathi: सेलेकर) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as: Šelekar. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Selekar? popularity and diffusion

Selekar is the 497,847th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Selekar are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 653 people, or 1 in 1,174,679. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside and Gujarat, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Slovenia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Selekar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selekar in the Marathi language
सेलेकरselekara95.82
सेळेकरselekara1.79
सेलेकारselekara0.8
सेलेाकरseleakara0.2
शेेलेकरseelekara0.2
सेऴेकरselekara0.2
सेलोेकरseloekara0.2

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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 Selekar
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