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 borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Selikane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selikane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 379,286th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selikane live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 105 people.

The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 109,229. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Free State, where 66 percent reside, Gauteng, where 24 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Other than South Africa Selikane is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 42 percent reside and Botswana, where 4 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Selikane
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