Selembe Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Selembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5471:135,06314,394
Zambia3031:52,3104,886
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Selembe (151) may also be a first name.

Selembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Selembe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selembe? popularity and diffusion

Selembe is the 400,040th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selembe are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 62 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 151 people.

It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 135,063. Besides The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 34 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Selembe Last Name Statistics demography

Selembe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.38% less than the national average, earning R 165,432 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
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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 Selembe
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