Selmia Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Selmia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selmia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017

Selmia (90) may also be a first name.

Selmia Last Name Facts

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

Selmia is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Selmia.

How Common Is The Last Name Selmia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Selmia is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Selmia reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Selmia is also the 1,005,046th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 90 people.

The last name Selmia is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia Selmia is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Algeria, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selmiah922/
Shelmia921/
Selmiaj921/
Silmia8326/
Selmio831/
Selmya831/
Shellmiah801/
Slemiah773/
Jeslmia771/
Slmya733/
Zilmia67185/
Celmea6749/
Çelmya674/
Selmeyyah671/
Gelmio671/
Chilmia6290/
Chelmya6231/
Slemeah621/
Dzilmiah5721/
Chelmayya531/
Zelmeo501/

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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 Selmia
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