Sellawi Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Sellawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 62 | 1:66,046 | 4,544 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Sellawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sellawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sellawi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellawi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sellawi are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Brakna Region, where 56 percent are found, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 27 percent are found and Inchiri Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellawei | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sillawi | 86 | 20 | / |
| Sellawy | 86 | 5 | / |
| Sellabi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gellawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cellawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sellavi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Slawi | 83 | 920 | / |
| Sellaway | 80 | 6 | / |
| Siellawa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Djellawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shlawi | 77 | 149 | / |
| Sllabi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Slaiwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shellaway | 75 | 35 | / |
| Zellaweis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chehllawi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sellave | 71 | 81 | / |
| Szelawa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Sellabe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sillabi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sillavi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shlawit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Slaweit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gellawy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shlhawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sellevi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sillawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sellava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sillawy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Syllabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sllaway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Slawisch | 67 | 88 | / |
| Sillaway | 67 | 80 | / |
| Slawy | 67 | 57 | / |
| Slawa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Slavi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Slowi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Slabi | 67 | 30 | / |
| Slawe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sellioui | 67 | 10 | / |
| Schlawis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zlawi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sellowes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Selloubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schlawit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selloway | 67 | 0 | / |
Sellawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ | alslawy | 55.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻯ | alslawy | 29.63 |
| ﺳﻼﻭﻱ | slawy | 7.41 |
| ﺳﻼﻭﻯ | slawy | 3.7 |
| ﺳﻼﻭ | slaw | 3.7 |
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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 Sellawi
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