Selkes Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Selkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
Selkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selkes occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Selkes? popularity and diffusion
Selkes is the 4,772,636th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Selkes live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Selkes is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Selkes is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slkes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Schelkes | 86 | 52 | / |
| Silkes | 83 | 145 | / |
| Selkis | 83 | 37 | / |
| Jelkes | 83 | 22 | / |
| Slekes | 83 | 13 | / |
| Celkes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sylkes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schellkes | 80 | 39 | / |
| Shelkis | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shlekes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silkesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silkets | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shilkes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Clkes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schelkis | 71 | 18 | / |
| Schölkes | 71 | 11 | / |
| Selquest | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gilkes | 67 | 4,664 | / |
| Slekis | 67 | 53 | / |
| Celkis | 67 | 29 | / |
| Silkis | 67 | 21 | / |
| Slekys | 67 | 19 | / |
| Selcis | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jilkes | 67 | 11 | / |
| Schlekies | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sylkys | 67 | 4 | / |
| Celkys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sylces | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seglickis | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Selkes
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