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 last name Sellwig has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sellwig.
How Common Is The Last Name Sellwig? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sellwig is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sellwig live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Sellwig is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 67 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany Sellwig exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
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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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