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 or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 302,077th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,797,570 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sellama live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb. Sellama is also the 376,889th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 505 people.
It is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 720 people, or 1 in 53,655. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Chlef Province, where 42 percent live, Sétif Province, where 23 percent live and Mila Province, where 18 percent live. Beside Algeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 38 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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