Selliah Surname

127,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Selliah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selliah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,7041:7,6951,125
Canada2181:169,01616,995
France1421:467,76666,487
England1011:551,66433,983
Malaysia851:346,99118,513
Denmark681:83,0118,046
Qatar661:35,7273,681
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
United States271:13,424,405494,117
India211:36,526,923420,161
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Norway181:285,68329,080
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Selliah (1,292) may also be a first name.

Selliah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selliah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Selliah is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selliah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 127,108th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,040,758 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Selliah are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 219,079th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 1,292 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 2,704 people, or 1 in 7,695. Barring Sri Lanka Selliah exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Selliah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Selliah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.78% less than the national average, earning 243,032 kr per year; in United States they earn 39.86% more than the national average, earning $60,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $47,103 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sellijah932/
Sellieah931/
Sellaiyah8816/
Schelliah882/
Sellaiiah881/
Silliah8613/
Selliha863/
Selljah861/
Sellija861/
Selleah860/
Sliah8310/
Shellaiyah821/
Sellaiya8024/
Slihah7746/
Sellea7714/
Shellaija751/
Shellaiya751/
Chellaiyah7110/
Shellayyah714/
Silliea711/
Sellayya677/
Sliha676/
Sleah675/
Sliho673/
Selleyya672/
Silleahy672/
Sehelijasch671/
Shleijah671/
Chelliea671/

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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 Selliah
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