Selemo Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Selemo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Lesotho | 118 | 1:17,225 | 3,688 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Selemo (583) may also be a first name.
Selemo Demographics
Average Selemo Salary in
South Africa
R 214,668
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Selemo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selemo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selemo (Russian: Сельемо) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 734,496th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Selemo live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Selemo is also the 346,663rd most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 583 people.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 444,080. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 39 percent live, North West, where 29 percent live and Northern Cape, where 14 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 22 percent live.
Selemo Last Name Statistics demography
Selemo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.67% less than the national average, earning R 214,668 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selemo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selemo in the Russian language | ||
| Сельемо | selemo | - |
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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 Selemo
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