Sellma Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sellma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Sellma (71) may also be a first name.
Sellma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sellma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﻪ) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellma? popularity and diffusion
Sellma is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Sellma reside; 82 percent reside in South America and 82 percent reside in Luso-South America. Sellma is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 71 people.
The surname Sellma is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Paraná, where 83 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 11 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Brazil Sellma exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sellma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sellma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﻪ | slmh | - |
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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 Sellma
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