Sellah Surname
Approximately 4,363 people bear this surname
Sellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,583 | 1:10,782 | 1,870 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Liberia | 117 | 1:37,680 | 3,495 |
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Sellah (9,314) may also be a first name.
Sellah Demographics
Sellah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻼﺡ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sellah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sellah is the 107,014th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,670,306 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sellah live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Mahgreb. Sellah is also the 64,267th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 9,314 people.
The surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 3,583 people, or 1 in 10,782. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 28 percent live, Algiers Province, where 22 percent live and Béjaïa Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Algeria this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 7 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.
Sellah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Sellah earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.57% less than the national average, earning $38,468 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻼﺡ | alslah | 50 |
| ﺻﻼﺡ | slah | 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 Sellah
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