Seleli Surname
Approximately 3,662 people bear this surname
Seleli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,629 | 1:14,588 | 1,899 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Seleli (908) may also be a first name.
Seleli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seleli (Marathi: सेलेली) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Seleli.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleli? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 124,485th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,990,045 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seleli are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 269,226th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 908 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,629 people, or 1 in 14,588. In Tanzania Seleli is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 51 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent reside and Geita Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Greece, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seleli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seleli in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलेली | seleli | - |
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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 Seleli
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