Selima Surname
Approximately 9,782 people bear this surname
Selima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 6,368 | 1:1,344 | 99 |
| Egypt | 1,617 | 1:56,856 | 5,426 |
| Jordan | 371 | 1:23,834 | 3,298 |
| India | 294 | 1:2,609,066 | 82,085 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Palestine | 203 | 1:22,408 | 3,411 |
| Mauritania | 134 | 1:30,559 | 2,519 |
| South Africa | 128 | 1:423,263 | 36,588 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| Greece | 54 | 1:205,181 | 32,420 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Albania | 33 | 1:88,305 | 9,061 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Selima (42,730) may also be a first name.
Selima Demographics
Selima Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Selima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selima (Bengali: সেলিমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﻪ, Hindi: सेलीमा, Marathi: सेलीमा, Oriya: େସଲିମା, Russian: Селима) is most common in Israel. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Selima.
How Common Is The Last Name Selima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,317th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 744,995 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Selima are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 65 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Selima is also the 21,061st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 42,730 people.
Selima is most frequently used in Israel, where it is carried by 6,368 people, or 1 in 1,344. In Israel Selima is primarily found in: Northern District, where 45 percent are found, Central District, where 34 percent are found and Jerusalem District, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Israel this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 17 percent are found and Jordan, where 4 percent are found.
Selima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (44%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Selima surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Selima earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning R 274,212 per year and in United States they earn 35.74% less than the national average, earning $27,729 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selima in the Bengali language | ||
| সেলিমা | selima | - |
| Selima in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲିମା | esalima | 95.83 |
| ତସଲିମା | tasalima | 4.17 |
| Selima in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलीमा | selima | 66.67 |
| सेलिमा | selima | 33.33 |
| Selima in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलीमा | selima | 66.67 |
| सेिलमा | seilama | 33.33 |
| Selima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﻪ | slymh | 66.1 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻢ | slym | 15.25 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎ | slyma | 8.47 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺔ | slymt | 3.39 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻢ | salym | 3.39 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﻰ | slymy | 1.69 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻪ | slmh | 1.69 |
| Selima in the Russian language | ||
| Селима | selima | - |
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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 Selima
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