Selikane Surname

379,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Selikane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selikane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4961:109,22913,157
Lesotho3971:5,1201,041
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Selikane (105) may also be a first name.

Selikane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selikane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Selikane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻜﺎﻥ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selikane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 379,286th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selikane live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Selikane is also the 920,134th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 105 people.

The last name Selikane is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 109,229. In South Africa Selikane is most common in: Free State, where 66 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Besides South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 42 percent are found and Botswana, where 4 percent are found.

Selikane Last Name Statistics demography

Selikane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.78% less than the national average, earning R 138,348 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Selikane Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selikane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻠﻜﺎﻥslkan75
ﺳﻠﻴﻜﺎﻥslykan25

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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 Selikane
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