Selenya Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Selenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus931:102,16215,496
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Selenya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selenya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Selenya (Russian: Селеня) is found most frequently in Belarus. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Selenya occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Selenya are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Selenya is most widely held in Belarus, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 102,162. In Belarus Selenya is most common in: Grodno Region, where 34 percent reside, Brest Region, where 29 percent reside and Minsk, where 16 percent reside. Barring Belarus this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.

Selenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shelenya931/
Zelenya8691/
Selenia8648/
Selegna865/
Selinya864/
Selengia80251/
Shelenha8051/
Shilenya806/
Sselinya804/
Celenia7174/
Zelenia7132/
Selinia7114/
Selenio7112/
Silinya717/
Silenia712/
Seggilinya711/
Seligna711/
Silenja711/
Silenea711/
Selengio6716/
Shilinya679/
Shylenha676/
Selenios675/
Shelenho673/
Chilenya672/
Shilenja671/
Sylegnia671/

Selenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selenya in the Russian language
Селеняselena-

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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 Selenya
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