Selemwe Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Selemwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Selemwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selemwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selemwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selemwe reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Selemwe is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 440,276. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 97 percent live and Southern Province, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selembe | 86 | 879 | / |
| Selemwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shelembe | 80 | 10,502 | / |
| Selembei | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sselembe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shelembhe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sheelembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shelemmbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silimwe | 71 | 347 | / |
| Silembe | 71 | 233 | / |
| Selembi | 71 | 159 | / |
| Salimwe | 71 | 120 | / |
| Jelemue | 71 | 52 | / |
| Gelembe | 71 | 45 | / |
| Zelembe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Selehemwii | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shelembi | 67 | 1,416 | / |
| Shilembe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shelenbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Selembai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shellembi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gilembe | 57 | 280 | / |
| Gelembi | 57 | 76 | / |
| Selimbe | 57 | 2 | / |
| Silembi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Cilembe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Selimbi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zilemwa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shilembi | 53 | 35 | / |
| Chilimwe | 53 | 14 | / |
| Solomway | 53 | 6 | / |
| Selimbai | 53 | 4 | / |
| Silembai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chelimwai | 50 | 54 | / |
| Sealammue | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Selemwe
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