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 more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Selela.
How Common Is The Last Name Selela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Selela is the 339,513th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 widespread first name globally. It is borne by 542 people.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 881 people, or 1 in 61,496. In South Africa Selela is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 13 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.
Selela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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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