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) is found most frequently in Mozambique. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Selimane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selimane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selimane is the 3,141,416th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Selimane live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 41 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 609,814th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 219 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mozambique, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,703,848. Outside of Mozambique this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selimane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selimane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | - |
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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 Selimane
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