Selimane Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Selimane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Selimane (219) may also be a first name.
Selimane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selimane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selimane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selimane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Selimane reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 41 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Selimane is also the 609,814th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 219 people.
The last name is most common in Mozambique, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,703,848. Beside Mozambique this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and Algeria, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selimane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selimane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Selimane
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis