Selest Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Selest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 58 | 1:61,403 | 8,510 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Šelest (23) & Şelest (3) are calculated separately.
Selest (84) may also be a first name.
Selest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selest is found most in Moldova. It may also appear as a variant: Šelest or Şelest. Click here to see other possible spellings of Selest.
How Common Is The Last Name Selest? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,931,261st most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Selest live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 63 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 84 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 61,403. In Moldova it is mostly found in: Căușeni District, where 53 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 24 percent reside and Ștefan Vodă District, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Moldova it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 9 percent reside and Slovakia, where 8 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 Selest
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