Selira Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Selira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso941:195,2354,316
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Selira (256) may also be a first name.

Selira Last Name Facts

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

Selira is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Selira is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Selira live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Selira is also the 556,659th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 256 people.

The surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 195,235. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Sud Region, where 71 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 18 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso Selira occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selitra92145/
Sealira9212/
Seloira9212/
Seliray923/
Seleira923/
Shellira864/
Shelgira861/
Shelitra861/
Schelira861/
Salira83630/
Selera83190/
Jelira8346/
Silira8337/
Celira8329/
Solira8318/
Sylira8317/
Gelira8312/
Seliro834/
Selire830/
Seleiro77588/
Selirio77312/
Silitra77173/
Soleira77148/
Sallira7771/
Celoira7771/
Silirra7759/
Soliera7755/
Solaira7743/
Sileira7741/
Salaira7724/
Saliray7718/
Saleira7711/
Shilira7710/
Siliras777/
Selytra777/
Geliray776/
Siliora773/
Seluera772/
Selesra772/
Celeira772/
Siliera772/
Saliera772/
Salhira772/
Silaira772/
Salirra771/
Solirah771/
Selaire771/
Shelura771/
Soeliro771/
Selyura771/
Selirid771/
Seliris771/
Shelera771/
Salirah771/
Selyraj771/
Seleras771/
Seliero771/
Celuira771/
Seliere770/
Silairat71130/
Salairay7182/
Cheliras7112/
Shelerha7111/
Geleiray716/
Shillira715/
Solleira715/
Siliraja713/
Solliera713/
Cheliraj711/
Salliera711/
Saliaira711/
Sehlirey711/
Sailiura711/
Shilirga711/
Shelairi711/
Solera6711,347/
Salera673,463/
Gelera673,341/
Zalira671,992/
Celera67347/
Siliro67341/
Seleri67285/
Cilira67217/
Silera67149/
Zilira67106/
Salura67105/
Selere6773/
Saliro6737/
Silire6733/
Selero6729/
Celiro6727/
Seluro6719/
Seilliere6715/
Selery6714/
Soliro6713/
Syliro678/
Gilira675/
Jelera674/
Siliri673/
Soléra672/
Zelera672/
Syliri672/
Celire672/
Chelairai671/
Jilira671/
Sylera671/
Zolira671/
Seigliére671/
Salyra671/
Solura670/

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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 Selira
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