Selmer Surname
Approximately 1,723 people bear this surname
Selmer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 605 | 1:599,106 | 48,792 |
| Norway | 351 | 1:14,650 | 1,720 |
| Germany | 283 | 1:284,472 | 29,719 |
| Denmark | 146 | 1:38,662 | 4,038 |
| Brazil | 143 | 1:1,497,023 | 50,066 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Sweden | 48 | 1:205,141 | 14,201 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 1:7,676 | 1,080 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:539,986 | 37,316 |
Selmer (735) may also be a first name.
Selmer Demographics
Average Selmer Salary in
United States
$49,303 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selmer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selmer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selmer (Arabic: سلمر) is most common in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selmer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Selmer is the 233,904th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,229,568 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Selmer are found; 36 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Selmer is also the 303,693rd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 735 people.
The last name Selmer is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 605 people, or 1 in 599,106. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 10 percent reside, Illinois, where 10 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 20 percent reside and Germany, where 16 percent reside.
Selmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Selmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Selmer surname grew 651 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Selmer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selmer surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.13% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Selmer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 55.04% more than the national average, earning 536,566 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.26% more than the national average, earning $49,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.41% less than the national average, earning $48,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selmer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selmer in the Arabic language | ||
| سلمر | slmr | - |
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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 Selmer
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