Seleke Surname
Approximately 12,713 people bear this surname
Seleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10,667 | 1:5,079 | 644 |
| Botswana | 1,042 | 1:2,099 | 212 |
| Lesotho | 812 | 1:2,503 | 360 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Seleke (1,896) may also be a first name.
Seleke Demographics
Average Seleke Salary in
United States
$32,656 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seleke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻜﻪ) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Seleke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seleke is the 41,136th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 573,236 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seleke are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 174,590th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 1,896 people.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 10,667 people, or 1 in 5,079. In South Africa Seleke is primarily found in: North West, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent are found and Lesotho, where 6 percent are found.
Seleke Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Seleke earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 38.16% less than the national average, earning R 146,964 per year and in United States they earn 24.32% less than the national average, earning $32,656 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seleke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seleke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻜﻪ | slkh | 50 |
| ﺳﻠﻚ | slk | 50 |
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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 Seleke
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