Selha Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Selha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 54 | 1:75,831 | 5,075 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Selha (206) may also be a first name.
Selha Demographics
Average Selha Salary in
United States
$68,357 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻠﺤﻪ, Hindi: सेल्हा) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Selha.
How Common Is The Last Name Selha? popularity and diffusion
Selha is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Selha reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Selha is also the 630,600th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 206 people.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 75,831. In Mauritania Selha is mostly found in: Guidimagha Region, where 56 percent live and Assaba Region, where 44 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Selha is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Selha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selha surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
Selha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 58.42% more than the national average, earning $68,357 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selha in the Hindi language | ||
| सेल्हा | sel'ha | 69.23 |
| सेलहा | selaha | 30.77 |
| Selha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻠﺤﻪ | slhh | 66.67 |
| ﺻﻠﺢ | slh | 26.67 |
| ﺻــﻠﺢ | slh | 6.67 |
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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 Selha
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