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
Average Selela Salary in
South Africa
R 121,416
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Selela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 339,513th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,729,036 people. The last name Selela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selela live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Selela is also the 361,930th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 542 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 881 people, or 1 in 61,496. In South Africa Selela is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name occurs 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 devotion of those carrying the Selela last name 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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