Selemane Surname
Approximately 14,275 people bear this surname
Selemane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 13,596 | 1:2,005 | 500 |
| South Africa | 420 | 1:128,995 | 15,120 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Selemane (5,570) may also be a first name.
Selemane Demographics
Average Selemane Salary in
South Africa
R 196,428
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Selemane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selemane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selemane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻥ) has its highest incidence in Mozambique. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Selemane is the 36,947th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 510,511 people. The last name Selemane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selemane are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Selemane is also the 89,813th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 5,570 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Mozambique, where it is held by 13,596 people, or 1 in 2,005. Without taking into account Mozambique Selemane exists in 19 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
Selemane Last Name Statistics demography
Selemane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning R 196,428 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selemane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selemane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻥ | slman | 50 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | 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
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- 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 Selemane
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