Selewa Surname
Approximately 356 people bear this surname
Selewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 233 | 1:760,269 | 34,383 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Selewa (386) may also be a first name.
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Selewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selewa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selewa? popularity and diffusion
Selewa is the 791,719th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. The last name Selewa is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Selewa reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Selewa is also the 441,020th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 386 people.
The surname Selewa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 64 percent are found, Sokoto, where 18 percent are found and Kogi, where 16 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Selewa exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.
Selewa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selewa surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
Selewa earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
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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 Selewa
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