Selkee Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Selkee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 112 | 1:49,078 | 5,958 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Selkee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selkee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selkee has its highest incidence in Finland. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selkee? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selkee is the 1,637,889th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Selkee reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 49,078. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Pirkanmaa, where 63 percent reside, Central Finland, where 10 percent reside and Kymenlaakso, where 10 percent reside. Not including Finland it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Selkee
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