Sellaiyan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Sellaiyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sellaiyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
India51:153,413,076951,030
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Sellaiyan (18) may also be a first name.

Sellaiyan Last Name Facts

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

Sellaiyan is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sellaiyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sellaiyan reside; 58 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 18 people.

Sellaiyan is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most common in: Johor, where 40 percent reside, Kedah, where 10 percent reside and Kelantan, where 10 percent reside. Besides Malaysia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sellayyan891/
Slaiyan881/
Chellaiyan8454/
Sellihan8212/
Slagian752/
Chellayyan7426/
Shlagian715/
Shelljan711/
Slyhan6786/
Slihan6717/
Slayon6713/
Sellouane674/
Celliehan670/

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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 Sellaiyan
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