Seliman Surname
Approximately 8,867 people bear this surname
Seliman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,360 | 1:11,164 | 1,574 |
| Egypt | 3,325 | 1:27,650 | 3,054 |
| Malaysia | 531 | 1:55,545 | 4,270 |
| Indonesia | 514 | 1:257,294 | 23,362 |
| Romania | 298 | 1:67,375 | 8,092 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Argentina | 108 | 1:395,772 | 30,408 |
| Turkey | 84 | 1:926,446 | 43,135 |
| Bulgaria | 56 | 1:124,623 | 7,284 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Seliman (1,247) may also be a first name.
Seliman Demographics
Average Seliman Salary in
United States
$55,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seliman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seliman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seliman (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ, Hindi: सेलीमन, Marathi: सॅिलमन, Oriya: େସଲିମନ, Russian: Селиман) is carried by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seliman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seliman is the 57,123rd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 821,873 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Seliman are found; 75 percent are found in North Africa and 75 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 223,669th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,247 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Sudan, where it is borne by 3,360 people, or 1 in 11,164. Beside Sudan it exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 37 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
Seliman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seliman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seliman surname expanded 3,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seliman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seliman surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Seliman earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seliman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seliman in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | - |
| Seliman in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलीमन | selimana | - |
| Seliman in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲିମନ | esalimana | 66.67 |
| େସଲିମାନ | esalimana | 33.33 |
| Seliman in the Marathi language | ||
| सॅिलमन | seilamana | 50 |
| शेान | seana | 50 |
| Seliman in the Russian language | ||
| Селиман | seliman | - |
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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 Seliman
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