Seletye Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Hungary

Seletye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seletye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania551:365,05230,933
Hungary391:251,69920,039

Seletye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Seletye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Seletye occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Seletye.

How Common Is The Last Name Seletye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Seletye are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 59 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 365,052. In Romania it is mostly found in: Satu Mare County, where 98 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Hungary, where 41 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selettye9320/
Seletei8610/
Saletye861/
Selestay809/
Szeletei802/
Selestie801/
Szelestey75212/
Szelestei75129/
Selestiya759/
Selestiyo758/
Shelestay751/
Selesztay751/
Shelestey751/
Selitay717/
Geletie712/
Silitye711/
Seletoi711/
Celetey711/
Celestie6717/
Celestey676/
Siletiya675/
Celestei673/

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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
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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 Seletye
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