Selka Surname
Approximately 2,115 people bear this surname
Selka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,368 | 1:28,239 | 5,127 |
| Germany | 208 | 1:387,045 | 36,194 |
| Poland | 128 | 1:296,943 | 35,597 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Mauritania | 56 | 1:73,123 | 4,924 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Selkä (1) are calculated separately.
Selka (221) may also be a first name.
Selka Demographics
Average Selka Salary in
United States
$56,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻜﻪ, Marathi: सेलका, Oriya: େସଲକା, Russian: Селька) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can be found as a variant: Selkä. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selka? popularity and diffusion
Selka is the 197,862nd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,445,648 people. The last name Selka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Selka are found; 71 percent are found in North Africa and 65 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 606,684th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 221 people.
The surname Selka is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,368 people, or 1 in 28,239. In Algeria Selka is most numerous in: Adrar Province, where 60 percent reside, Tlemcen Province, where 24 percent reside and Blida Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Algeria it occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent reside and Poland, where 6 percent reside.
Selka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Selka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Selka last name expanded 309 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Selka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Selka are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Selka earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.54% less than the national average, earning $41,962 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selka in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲକା | esalaka | - |
| Selka in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलका | selaka | - |
| Selka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻜﻪ | slkh | 54.29 |
| ﺳﻠﻚ | slk | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪ | alsalkh | 8.57 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﺔ | alsalkt | 2.86 |
| ﺳﻠﻜﺎ | slka | 2.86 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻠﻚ | alslk | 2.86 |
| Selka in the Russian language | ||
| Селька | selka | - |
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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
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- 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 Selka
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