Selevesta Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Selevesta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 218 | 1:242,851 | 19,731 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Selevesta (238) may also be a first name.
Selevesta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selevesta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selevesta is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selevesta? popularity and diffusion
Selevesta is the 1,108,016th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. Selevesta is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selevesta live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Selevesta is also the 580,229th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 238 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 242,851. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mtwara Region, where 97 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selevesto | 89 | 269 | / |
| Selevista | 89 | 28 | / |
| Selevasta | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sylevesta | 89 | 2 | / |
| Selevester | 84 | 135 | / |
| Selevistas | 84 | 30 | / |
| Celeveta | 82 | 0 | / |
| Shelevester | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sylivesta | 78 | 866 | / |
| Silivesta | 78 | 314 | / |
| Silevista | 78 | 40 | / |
| Silyvesta | 78 | 11 | / |
| Seliveste | 78 | 2 | / |
| Seleviste | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sheleveister | 76 | 28 | / |
| Sheleveyster | 76 | 3 | / |
| Sylevester | 74 | 356 | / |
| Selivester | 74 | 19 | / |
| Silevistas | 74 | 8 | / |
| Selyvester | 74 | 4 | / |
| Sylivestha | 74 | 1 | / |
| Celevester | 74 | 1 | / |
| Selyveister | 70 | 2 | / |
| Shylevester | 70 | 1 | / |
| Selisvester | 70 | 1 | / |
| Siliveste | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sylivesto | 67 | 9 | / |
| Silivesti | 67 | 8 | / |
| Celiveste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silivesto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syliveste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylivista | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylivester | 63 | 27,841 | / |
| Silivester | 63 | 361 | / |
| Sylyveisto | 63 | 1 | / |
| Selyvister | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sylyveister | 60 | 7 | / |
| Sylivestter | 60 | 4 | / |
| Syslivester | 60 | 1 | / |
| Sylivesther | 60 | 1 | / |
| Celihueta | 56 | 96 | / |
| Ciliveste | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Selevesta
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