Selestine Surname
Approximately 13,657 people bear this surname
Selestine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13,395 | 1:3,952 | 548 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 42 | 1:1,099,521 | 34,871 |
| Micronesia | 40 | 1:2,656 | 477 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Selestine (16,883) may also be a first name.
Selestine Demographics
Selestine Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Selestine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selestine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selestine (Oriya: େସେଲିନ) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Selestine? popularity and diffusion
Selestine is the 38,504th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 533,613 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Selestine reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Selestine is also the 42,732nd most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 16,883 people.
The last name Selestine is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 13,395 people, or 1 in 3,952. In Tanzania Selestine is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 30 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 20 percent are found and Geita Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Selestine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selesstine | 95 | 1 | / |
| Celestine | 89 | 24,928 | / |
| Selestini | 89 | 1,745 | / |
| Sylestine | 89 | 125 | / |
| Selastine | 89 | 16 | / |
| Selestene | 89 | 10 | / |
| Salestine | 89 | 9 | / |
| Selistine | 89 | 4 | / |
| Solestine | 89 | 2 | / |
| Selestein | 89 | 1 | / |
| Selestain | 89 | 1 | / |
| Selesthin | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shelstine | 89 | 1 | / |
| Schelestinge | 86 | 1 | / |
| Celestaine | 84 | 28 | / |
| Celestinie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Celesttine | 84 | 1 | / |
| Celestines | 84 | 1 | / |
| Celedstine | 84 | 1 | / |
| Syloestine | 84 | 1 | / |
| Celestione | 84 | 1 | / |
| Celetine | 82 | 1,521 | / |
| Seletene | 82 | 5 | / |
| Salstine | 82 | 1 | / |
| Celestain | 78 | 123 | / |
| Celestijn | 78 | 40 | / |
| Selestean | 78 | 19 | / |
| Salastine | 78 | 6 | / |
| Selethina | 78 | 4 | / |
| Celestein | 78 | 3 | / |
| Celistine | 78 | 3 | / |
| Solostine | 78 | 2 | / |
| Cylestine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cilestine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selistane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Celestane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silistine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Solastine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selistain | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selestena | 78 | 1 | / |
| Celestene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gilestine | 78 | 0 | / |
| Silestain | 78 | 0 | / |
| Celestyne | 78 | 0 | / |
| Celestinio | 74 | 1 | / |
| Selesteena | 74 | 1 | / |
| Seletena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siletini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selitene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celetain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scholastine | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sichelstein | 70 | 1 | / |
| Szelestenyi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Szelestényi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Celestechin | 70 | 1 | / |
| Selistean | 67 | 103 | / |
| Solastini | 67 | 14 | / |
| Silestean | 67 | 11 | / |
| Shilstein | 67 | 3 | / |
| Salastini | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cylistine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celistane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cylestene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celextain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celistini | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cilistine | 67 | 0 | / |
Selestine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selestine in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଲିନ | eselina | - |
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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 Selestine
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