Seliau Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Seliau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 70 | 1:421,346 | 21,816 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Seliau (17) may also be a first name.
Seliau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seliau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seliau is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Seliau.
How Common Is The Last Name Seliau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Seliau reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seliau is also the 2,694,839th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 421,346. In Malaysia Seliau is most common in: Sarawak, where 94 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent live and Pahang, where 1 percent live. Excluding Malaysia Seliau occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
- 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 Seliau
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