Selesi Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Selesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Romania | 115 | 1:174,590 | 17,952 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Serbia | 7 | 1:1,020,707 | 29,076 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Selesi (51) may also be a first name.
Selesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selesi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Selesi.
How Common Is The Last Name Selesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 739,868th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname Selesi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Selesi live; 39 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 51 people.
Selesi is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania Selesi is most common in: Simiyu Region, where 87 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Selesi is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szelesi | 92 | 75 | / |
| Selesai | 92 | 61 | / |
| Seleisi | 92 | 59 | / |
| Shelesi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Scelesi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Selesie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Seleisie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shelesit | 86 | 1 | / |
| Seleci | 83 | 479 | / |
| Selese | 83 | 139 | / |
| Selegi | 83 | 75 | / |
| Seleji | 83 | 58 | / |
| Selisi | 83 | 44 | / |
| Silesi | 83 | 24 | / |
| Selezi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Selesy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sailesi | 77 | 2,663 | / |
| Seleise | 77 | 325 | / |
| Szélesi | 77 | 313 | / |
| Seledji | 77 | 61 | / |
| Shilesi | 77 | 52 | / |
| Seleseh | 77 | 34 | / |
| Selegie | 77 | 31 | / |
| Selisih | 77 | 24 | / |
| Szelesy | 77 | 8 | / |
| Scelisi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Seloisi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Seliese | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shelegi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Seledzi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Setlese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sajlesi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Celesci | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sileisi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Selezhi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scelese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Celesis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seelisi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seleigi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seleges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seleser | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shelese | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shelegia | 71 | 237 | / |
| Sieledji | 71 | 14 | / |
| Seledzhi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sailesai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seleseah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selezitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shelease | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seleidge | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sileci | 67 | 526 | / |
| Selege | 67 | 299 | / |
| Selici | 67 | 237 | / |
| Selise | 67 | 87 | / |
| Selice | 67 | 60 | / |
| Seligi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Seleje | 67 | 43 | / |
| Selige | 67 | 30 | / |
| Selece | 67 | 26 | / |
| Seleza | 67 | 23 | / |
| Sileji | 67 | 21 | / |
| Selexe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Celese | 67 | 6 | / |
| Celisi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Syleci | 67 | 5 | / |
| Silese | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seliji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Celezi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Selize | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seliza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zelegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Setlhoisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelezhei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schelesuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schelegia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silegi | 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 Selesi
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