Selleby Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Selleby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Selleby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selleby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selleby occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selleby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selleby is the 3,055,934th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Selleby reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 259,125. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Östergötland County, where 45 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside and Kalmar County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelleby | 93 | 76 | / |
| Shellby | 86 | 12 | / |
| Sellevy | 86 | 4 | / |
| Sellebe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sleby | 83 | 6 | / |
| Shellevy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sheeleby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shellbey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shelliby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shelby | 77 | 21,667 | / |
| Selvey | 77 | 2,243 | / |
| Sealby | 77 | 155 | / |
| Øsleby | 77 | 14 | / |
| Sleeby | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shleby | 77 | 4 | / |
| Seilby | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sleiby | 77 | 2 | / |
| Slebay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sileby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shellbaya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shelvey | 71 | 497 | / |
| Gilleby | 71 | 13 | / |
| Shelbey | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shellbe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sellive | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shleeby | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sillaby | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sellabi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sellabe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Silebay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seelebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sellevi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selliwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shealby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sellibe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selleve | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shellbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Slleber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shelboy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Celleba | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shielby | 71 | 0 | / |
| Seilvey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shelbaya | 67 | 2,404 | / |
| Slaby | 67 | 2,319 | / |
| Selvy | 67 | 892 | / |
| Selve | 67 | 630 | / |
| Sleba | 67 | 163 | / |
| Sylliboy | 67 | 154 | / |
| Gillesby | 67 | 93 | / |
| Slyby | 67 | 58 | / |
| Slebe | 67 | 52 | / |
| Slebi | 67 | 37 | / |
| Silliboy | 67 | 28 | / |
| Sliby | 67 | 27 | / |
| Sloby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Slevy | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Shelby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cleby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gillebyt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sillabay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sellevee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cellewey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gilleboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sellever | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selliver | 67 | 0 | / |
| Silleway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Selleby
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