Sellama Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
Sellama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 720 | 1:53,655 | 9,186 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sellama (505) may also be a first name.
Sellama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sellama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻪ, Marathi: सेामा, Oriya: େସଲାମା) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 302,077th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,797,570 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sellama are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 376,889th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 505 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 720 people, or 1 in 53,655. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Chlef Province, where 42 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 23 percent reside and Mila Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 38 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sellama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellama in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲାମା | esalama | - |
| Sellama in the Marathi language | ||
| सेामा | seama | - |
| Sellama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻪ | slamh | 83.33 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﺔ | slamt | 12 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 3.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻪ | alsalmh | 0.67 |
| ﺍﺳﻼﻣﻪ | aslamh | 0.67 |
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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 Sellama
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