Selhofer Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Selhofer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 115 | 1:74,047 | 11,271 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 1:216,129 | 18,575 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
The alternate forms: Selhöfer (11) are calculated separately.
Selhofer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selhofer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selhofer has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also be found as a variant: Selhöfer. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selhofer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Selhofer live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Selhofer is most prevalent in Austria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 74,047. In Austria Selhofer is mostly concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 79 percent reside, Styria, where 16 percent reside and Salzburg, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Austria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selhöfer | 96 | 11 | / |
| Seelhofer | 94 | 279 | / |
| Szelhofer | 94 | 1 | / |
| Seylhofer | 94 | 1 | / |
| Seelhoefer | 89 | 40 | / |
| Szelhoffer | 89 | 17 | / |
| Salhofer | 88 | 267 | / |
| Zelhofer | 88 | 90 | / |
| Gelhofer | 88 | 0 | / |
| Seelhoeffer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Zeilhofer | 82 | 517 | / |
| Seelhöfer | 82 | 163 | / |
| Zielhofer | 82 | 24 | / |
| Sielhöfer | 82 | 22 | / |
| Celhoffer | 82 | 6 | / |
| Sallhofer | 82 | 3 | / |
| Zelhoffer | 82 | 1 | / |
| Seloufe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zeitlhofer | 78 | 976 | / |
| Schlehofer | 78 | 209 | / |
| Schalhofer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Šlehofer | 75 | 435 | / |
| Gilhofer | 75 | 176 | / |
| Salhöfer | 75 | 34 | / |
| Shelefer | 75 | 4 | / |
| Zalhofer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celhafer | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schallhofer | 74 | 8 | / |
| Schlehoffer | 74 | 2 | / |
| Zohlhofer | 71 | 26 | / |
| Zollhofer | 71 | 19 | / |
| Schelefer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sahloffer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zahlhofer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zeilhoferová | 70 | 3 | / |
| Celhofferová | 70 | 2 | / |
| Schlehöfer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zollhoefer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shelafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeloufe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeitlhöfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scholhafer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Selhofer
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