Selemi Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Selemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Selemí (1) are calculated separately.
Selemi (76) may also be a first name.
Selemi Demographics
Average Selemi Salary in
United States
$31,731 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selemi (Oriya: େସେଲମି) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Selemí. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,328,442nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Selemi reside; 23 percent reside in Southern Africa and 23 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Selemi is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread first name worldwide, held by 76 people.
This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,389,172. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 95 percent are found and Limpopo, where 5 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Selemi is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 14 percent are found.
Selemi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Selemi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 20.66% more than the national average, earning R 286,740 per year and in United States they earn 26.46% less than the national average, earning $31,731 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selemi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selemi in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଲମି | eselami | - |
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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 Selemi
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