Seleve Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Seleve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Seleve (148) may also be a first name.
Seleve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seleve is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleve? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seleve is the 10,311,814th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Seleve is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Seleve live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 757,758th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 148 people.
It is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 4,408,535. In Liberia Seleve is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lithuania, where 33 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Seleve
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