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

The last name Selmia is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selmia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Selmia is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Selmia live; 62 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 90 people.

The surname Selmia is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname 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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