Sellwig Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Sellwig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Sellwig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sellwig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sellwig occurs most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sellwig click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellwig? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sellwig is the 2,909,720th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sellwig are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Sellwig is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 67 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live. Apart from Germany Sellwig is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.
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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 Sellwig
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