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
Selimah is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name Selimah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Selimah live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 195,080th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,574 people.
The surname Selimah is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Other than Egypt this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Selimah
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