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
The surname Sellame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻪ) is found most in Morocco. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sellame.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sellame is the 945,594th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sellame are found; 74 percent are found in North Africa and 74 percent are found in Mahgreb. Sellame is also the 980,251st most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 94 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Not including Morocco Sellame is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.
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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