Selnow Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Selnow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selnow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Selnow Last Name Facts

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

Selnow is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selnow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Selnow is the 2,746,821st most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Selnow is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Selnow live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States Selnow is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 37 percent live, Florida, where 30 percent live and Virginia, where 19 percent live. Outside of The United States Selnow exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 46 percent live.

Selnow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Selnow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Selnow last name grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Selnow Last Name Statistics demography

Selnow earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.33% less than the national average, earning $33,081 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sellnow92602/
Selnov838/
Zelnow830/
Zellnow7720/
Shelnov7710/
Selnova774/
Shelnova712/
Schlenow711/
Silnov67590/
Gelnaw6784/
Sylnov6733/
Clenow6726/
Shchelnov6715/
Zelnov6714/
Jelnov6711/
Schelnova677/
Slenov673/
Sylnob671/
Shlnov671/
Gelnov671/

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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 Selnow
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