Selimyan Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Selimyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selimyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia1871:15,6691,110
Russia861:1,675,849110,706
Georgia71:535,07818,425
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Selimyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selimyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Selimyan (Georgian: სელიმიანი, Russian: Селимян) is held by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selimyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 930,678th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname Selimyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Selimyan reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia.

This surname is most frequently used in Armenia, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 15,669. In Armenia Selimyan is mostly found in: Lori Province, where 57 percent live, Yerevan, where 29 percent live and Armavir Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Armenia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 30 percent live and Georgia, where 2 percent live.

Selimyan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Selimyan are 28.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salimyan88120/
Selumyan8816/
Selemyan885/
Selimian881/
Silimyan881/
Chelimyan8255/
Salimian7510,308/
Salumyan7513/
Salimjan7510/
Solimian757/
Zilimyan757/
Silimian751/
Solaimian7120/
Shelemian716/
Salimiaan711/
Salimiean711/
Saleimian711/
Salimjaan711/
Salemian6386/
Selemyonova6313/
Salimion633/
Zalumyan632/
Salumian631/
Saleemian592/
Saleemjan591/
Silemion5053/
Zolemian502/

Selimyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selimyan in the Georgian language
სელიმიანიselimiani-
Selimyan in the Russian language
Селимянseliman-

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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 Selimyan
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