Selesi Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Romania

Selesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1491:355,31326,378
Romania1151:174,59017,952
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Serbia71:1,020,70729,076
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397

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 occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Selesi.

How Common Is The Last Name Selesi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 739,868th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Selesi reside; 39 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 87 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent live and Pwani Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szelesi9275/
Selesai9261/
Seleisi9259/
Shelesi921/
Scelesi921/
Selesie921/
Seleisie861/
Shelesit861/
Seleci83479/
Selese83139/
Selegi8375/
Seleji8358/
Selisi8344/
Silesi8324/
Selezi838/
Selesy831/
Sailesi772,663/
Seleise77325/
Szélesi77313/
Seledji7761/
Shilesi7752/
Seleseh7734/
Selegie7731/
Selisih7724/
Szelesy778/
Scelisi774/
Seloisi773/
Seliese773/
Shelegi772/
Seledzi772/
Setlese771/
Sajlesi771/
Celesci771/
Sileisi771/
Selezhi771/
Scelese771/
Celesis771/
Seelisi771/
Seleigi771/
Seleges771/
Seleser771/
Shelese770/
Shelegia71237/
Sieledji7114/
Seledzhi7110/
Sailesai711/
Seleseah711/
Selezitz711/
Shelease711/
Seleidge710/
Sileci67526/
Selege67299/
Selici67237/
Selise6787/
Selice6760/
Seligi6745/
Seleje6743/
Selige6730/
Selece6726/
Seleza6723/
Sileji6721/
Selexe6711/
Celese676/
Celisi676/
Syleci675/
Silese674/
Seliji674/
Celezi673/
Selize672/
Seliza672/
Zelegi671/
Silezi671/
Setlhoisi671/
Selije671/
Shelezhei671/
Schelesuy671/
Schelegia671/
Silegi671/

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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 Selesi
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