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) occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,136th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 573,236 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Seleke reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 174,590th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 1,896 people.
The last name Seleke is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,667 people, or 1 in 5,079. In South Africa Seleke is most numerous in: North West, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Free State, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 8 percent live and Lesotho, where 6 percent live.
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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