Sellam Surname
Approximately 15,456 people bear this surname
Sellam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 9,325 | 1:4,143 | 633 |
| Morocco | 3,681 | 1:9,366 | 1,284 |
| France | 1,870 | 1:35,520 | 4,330 |
| Spain | 117 | 1:399,590 | 21,857 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Belgium | 68 | 1:169,068 | 23,042 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Sellàm (1) & Sellám (1) are calculated separately.
Sellam (3,900) may also be a first name.
Sellam Demographics
Average Sellam Salary in
United States
$45,100 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sellam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sellam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻡ, Marathi: सेाम) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may be found as: Sellàm or Sellám. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellam? popularity and diffusion
Sellam is the 34,299th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 471,503 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sellam are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb. Sellam is also the 112,202nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 3,900 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 9,325 people, or 1 in 4,143. In Algeria Sellam is primarily found in: Algiers Province, where 15 percent reside, Bouïra Province, where 12 percent reside and Blida Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Algeria this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 24 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.
Sellam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sellam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sellam surname increased 1,267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sellam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sellam are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sellam earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.97% less than the national average, earning $34,791 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sellam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 73.53 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ | alslam | 11.76 |
| ﺳﻠﻢ | slm | 8.82 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﻪ | slamh | 5.88 |
| Sellam in the Marathi language | ||
| सेाम | seama | 50 |
| सेळम | selama | 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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- 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 Sellam
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