Selemon Surname
Approximately 7,203 people bear this surname
Selemon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 7,083 | 1:13,772 | 1,955 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Ukraine | 30 | 1:1,517,423 | 120,367 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šelemon (3) are calculated separately.
Selemon (3,136) may also be a first name.
Selemon Demographics
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Selemon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selemon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selemon (Russian: Селемон) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Šelemon. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,906th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,011,738 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Selemon live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 128,550th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 3,136 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 7,083 people, or 1 in 13,772. Excluding Ethiopia this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Ukraine, where 0 percent are found.
Selemon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Selemon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Selemon last name expanded 2,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Selemon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Selemon last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Selemon earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 63.97% more than the national average, earning $81,464 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selemon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selemon in the Russian language | ||
| Селемон | selemon | - |
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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 Selemon
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