Selkman Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Selkman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selkman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Selkman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selkman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Selkman is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Selkman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selkman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Selkman are found; 42 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 42 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Selkman is most frequently held in Poland, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,800,875. Besides Poland Selkman is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Sweden, where 17 percent live.

Selkman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Selkman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Selkman last name grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Selkman Last Name Statistics demography

Selkman earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.84% more than the national average, earning $50,417 USD per year.

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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 Selkman
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