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 last name Selemwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selemwe? popularity and diffusion
Selemwe is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selemwe are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 440,276. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 97 percent are found and Southern Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Zambia Selemwe occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
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
- 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 Selemwe
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