Sella Surname
Approximately 11,784 people bear this surname
Sella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 4,154 | 1:14,722 | 2,414 |
| Brazil | 1,117 | 1:191,651 | 7,393 |
| Indonesia | 1,022 | 1:129,402 | 12,977 |
| Argentina | 853 | 1:50,110 | 4,232 |
| United States | 700 | 1:517,798 | 43,295 |
| Tanzania | 631 | 1:83,901 | 8,560 |
| Algeria | 606 | 1:63,748 | 10,535 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| India | 252 | 1:3,043,910 | 90,807 |
| France | 248 | 1:267,834 | 41,280 |
| Dominican Republic | 223 | 1:46,784 | 2,447 |
| Israel | 156 | 1:54,857 | 7,107 |
| Ivory Coast | 144 | 1:160,217 | 7,355 |
| Greece | 135 | 1:82,073 | 13,867 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Venezuela | 29 | 1:1,041,520 | 15,561 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 1:355,014 | 2,904 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 1:809,979 | 50,387 |
The alternate forms: Sélla (2) are calculated separately.
Sella (16,594) may also be a first name.
Sella Demographics
Average Male Sella Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sella Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sella (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻞ, Hindi: सेल्ला, Oriya: େସଲା) is found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sélla. For other potential spellings of Sella click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sella? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,087th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 618,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Sella live; 36 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent live in Italic Europe. Sella is also the 43,276th most common given name world-wide, borne by 16,594 people.
The surname Sella is most widespread in Italy, where it is carried by 4,154 people, or 1 in 14,722. In Italy Sella is most common in: Veneto, where 57 percent reside, Piedmont, where 19 percent reside and Lombardy, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Italy Sella is found in 78 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.
Sella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sella has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sella surname grew 1,129 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sella Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sella surname are 11.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.29% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sella earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 45.32% more than the national average, earning €43,641 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.71% less than the national average, earning R 107,616 per year; in Colombia they earn 124.59% more than the national average, earning $50,988,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $47,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning $46,054 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sella in the Hindi language | ||
| सेल्ला | sella | 70 |
| शीला | sila | 20 |
| शेल्ल | sella | 10 |
| Sella in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻞ | sl | 50 |
| ﺻﻠﻲ | sly | 16.67 |
| ﺳﻴﻼ | syla | 16.67 |
| ﺻﻼ | sla | 16.67 |
| Sella in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲା | esala | 50 |
| େଶଲା | esala | 50 |
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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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- 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 Sella
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