Seloum Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Seloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Seloum (11) may also be a first name.
Seloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻮﻡ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seloum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seloum reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Seloum is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 75 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 36 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seloum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻮﻡ | slwm | - |
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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 Seloum
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