Selengia Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Selengia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Selengia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selengia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selengia occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selengia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,011,991st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname Selengia is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Selengia live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Selengia is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 216,088. In Tanzania Selengia is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 33 percent live and Arusha Region, where 21 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selenia | 93 | 48 | / |
| Selengio | 88 | 16 | / |
| Selenya | 80 | 109 | / |
| Celenia | 80 | 74 | / |
| Zelenia | 80 | 32 | / |
| Selinia | 80 | 14 | / |
| Selenio | 80 | 12 | / |
| Selenza | 80 | 5 | / |
| Selegna | 80 | 5 | / |
| Silenia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shelenha | 75 | 51 | / |
| Selenios | 75 | 5 | / |
| Shelenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shelenza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sylegnia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Szelencei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celenza | 67 | 1,434 | / |
| Zelenya | 67 | 91 | / |
| Selimja | 67 | 88 | / |
| Selenco | 67 | 19 | / |
| Celenca | 67 | 15 | / |
| Selenzo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Selinya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Selinio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Celenio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Xylenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelenza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohielinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selinza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silenio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seligna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silenza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selénio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selimsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selimşa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelnza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silenea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silenja | 67 | 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 Selengia
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis