Seleng Surname
Approximately 488 people bear this surname
Seleng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| Papua New Guinea | 181 | 1:45,048 | 5,552 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Šeleng (46) are calculated separately.
Seleng (367) may also be a first name.
Seleng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seleng is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Šeleng. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleng? popularity and diffusion
Seleng is the 627,290th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,933,496 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Seleng reside; 46 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 45 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seleng is also the 453,982nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 367 people.
The surname Seleng is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 582,596. In Indonesia Seleng is primarily concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 57 percent reside, Bali, where 15 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia Seleng is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Seleng
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