Selivestru Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Selivestru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Selivestru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova841:42,3976,377
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Selivestru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Selivestru (Russian: Селивестру) is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selivestru? popularity and diffusion

Selivestru is the 1,828,462nd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Selivestru reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Selivestru is most frequent in Moldova, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 42,397. In Moldova Selivestru is mostly found in: Chișinău Municipality, where 33 percent reside, Ialoveni District, where 17 percent reside and Rezina District, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Moldova this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 12 percent reside and Romania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silivestru901,242/
Selevestru9056/
Selyvestru9010/
Sylivestrou8640/
Silivestrou861/
Salivestrou861/
Sylyvestru808/
Silevestru802/
Silivăstru802/
Silivastru801/
Sălăvăstru70103/
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Selivestru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selivestru in the Russian language
Селивеструselivestru-

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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 Selivestru
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