Seliso Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Seliso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Seliso (17) may also be a first name.
Seliso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seliso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seliso is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seliso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seliso live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Seliso is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Outside of Malawi this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Seliso
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