Sellame Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Sellame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Mauritania | 40 | 1:102,372 | 6,314 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sellame (94) may also be a first name.
Sellame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sellame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻪ) occurs most in Morocco. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellame? popularity and diffusion
Sellame is the 945,594th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sellame live; 74 percent live in North Africa and 74 percent live in Mahgreb. Sellame is also the 980,251st most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 94 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Excluding Morocco this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 14 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sellame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻪ | slamh | 45.28 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﺔ | slamt | 26.42 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 18.87 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻣﻪ | alslamh | 3.77 |
| ﺳﻼﻣﻰ | slamy | 1.89 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ | alslam | 1.89 |
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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 Sellame
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