Selela Surname
Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname
Selela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 881 | 1:61,496 | 7,766 |
| Zambia | 138 | 1:114,855 | 8,864 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Selela (542) may also be a first name.
Selela Demographics
Selela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Selela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 339,513th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. The surname Selela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selela reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Selela is also the 361,930th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 542 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 881 people, or 1 in 61,496. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.
Selela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Selela surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Selela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.91% less than the national average, earning R 121,416 per year.
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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 Selela
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