Selimah Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Selimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
Selimah (1,574) may also be a first name.
Selimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selimah is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Selimah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The surname Selimah is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Selimah are found; 67 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Selimah is also the 195,080th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 1,574 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Apart from Egypt this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 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 Selimah
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