Seleyi Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Seleyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 262 | 1:60,496 | 5,474 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Seleyi (24) may also be a first name.
Seleyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seleyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seleyi is found most in Zambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seleyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seleyi is the 833,931st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Seleyi live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Seleyi is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 24 people.
It is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 60,496. In Zambia Seleyi is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 76 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
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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
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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 Seleyi
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