Seletane Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Seletane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Seletane (35) may also be a first name.
Seletane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seletane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seletane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻄﺎﻥ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seletane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seletane reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Seletane is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 35 people.
The surname Seletane is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Seletane is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 50 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent are found. Other than South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seletani | 88 | 37 | / |
| Selestan | 88 | 28 | / |
| Selatane | 88 | 13 | / |
| Seletene | 88 | 5 | / |
| Seletang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sheletan | 88 | 0 | / |
| Selestean | 82 | 19 | / |
| Selistane | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shelestan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Selestain | 82 | 1 | / |
| Celestane | 82 | 1 | / |
| Selitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Celestaine | 78 | 28 | / |
| Selatahneh | 78 | 1 | / |
| Celetine | 75 | 1,521 | / |
| Salatane | 75 | 197 | / |
| Celitane | 75 | 169 | / |
| Celestan | 75 | 22 | / |
| Seleston | 75 | 17 | / |
| Selestam | 75 | 12 | / |
| Celetana | 75 | 8 | / |
| Seletona | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sheleton | 75 | 5 | / |
| Selitana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seletong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soletani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celeitan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celetain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celetean | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silatane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Solatane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selitene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celestain | 71 | 123 | / |
| Selistean | 71 | 103 | / |
| Celestand | 71 | 27 | / |
| Silestean | 71 | 11 | / |
| Seilatani | 71 | 4 | / |
| Seliştean | 71 | 2 | / |
| Selistain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shalatane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seliștean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seylatani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheletean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celestone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celistane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celetanio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Settleton | 71 | 0 | / |
| Silestain | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shettleton | 67 | 22 | / |
| Celitan | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chelestani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Salyataneh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shesleston | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celeton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shailestan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylitan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shilestone | 67 | 0 | / |
Seletane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seletane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻄﺎﻥ | sltan | - |
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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 Seletane
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