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
Average Sellah Salary in
United States
$43,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻼﺡ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sellah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,014th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,670,306 people. The last name is primarily 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 widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 9,314 people.
Sellah is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 3,583 people, or 1 in 10,782. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 28 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 22 percent reside and Béjaïa Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 7 percent reside and Liberia, where 3 percent reside.
Sellah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sellah surname is principally 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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