Selja Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Selja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 50 | 1:58,281 | 7,203 |
| North Macedonia | 23 | 1:91,368 | 8,238 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Šelja (22) are calculated separately.
Selja (415) may also be a first name.
Selja Demographics
Average Selja Salary in
United States
$42,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selja (Hindi: सेलजा, Marathi: सेलजा) is held by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Šelja. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Selja is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Selja are found; 77 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent are found in Albano-Europe. It is also the 422,034th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 415 people.
The surname Selja is most frequent in Albania, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 58,281. In Albania Selja is most numerous in: Shkodër County, where 70 percent live and Tirana County, where 30 percent live. Excluding Albania Selja is found in 11 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Selja Last Name Statistics demography
Selja earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $42,854 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selja in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलजा | selaja | - |
| Selja in the Hindi language | ||
| सेलजा | selaja | 71.43 |
| सेल्जा | selja | 25.71 |
| शैलजा | sailaja | 2.86 |
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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 Selja
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