Selmke Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Selmke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 113 | 1:712,438 | 54,203 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Selmke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selmke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selmke occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selmke? popularity and diffusion
Selmke is the 1,674,734th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Selmke are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 712,438. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent live, Brandenburg, where 22 percent live and Berlin, where 18 percent live. Barring Germany Selmke occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Austria, where 1 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 Selmke
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