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 surname Seliwa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Seliwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seliwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Seliwa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Seliwa are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Seliwa is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 28 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Seliwa is primarily concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Seliwa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
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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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