Seliwa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Seliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Seliwa (28) may also be a first name.
Seliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seliwa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seliwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Seliwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Seliwa are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 28 people.
The last name Seliwa is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Seliwa
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