Seleme Surname
Approximately 1,971 people bear this surname
Seleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 856 | 1:63,292 | 7,962 |
| Argentina | 468 | 1:91,332 | 7,694 |
| Brazil | 294 | 1:728,144 | 26,643 |
| Chile | 106 | 1:166,193 | 5,518 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Lesotho | 24 | 1:84,690 | 10,225 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Seleme (534) may also be a first name.
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Seleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seleme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻢ) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 209,614th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,697,385 people. The last name Seleme occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Seleme reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Seleme is also the 364,930th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 534 people.
The last name Seleme is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 856 people, or 1 in 63,292. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 50 percent are found, Gauteng, where 40 percent are found and North West, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa it occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 15 percent are found.
Seleme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seleme surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seleme earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 84.68% less than the national average, earning S/. 2,970 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.58% less than the national average, earning R 153,096 per year and in United States they earn 40.83% more than the national average, earning $60,767 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seleme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seleme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻢ | slm | 88.37 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻪ | slmh | 9.3 |
| ﺍﺳﻼﻣﻪ | aslamh | 2.33 |
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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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- 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 Seleme
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