Selowa Surname

61,877th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Selowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8,1051:6,684865
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
England61:9,286,343223,652
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Selowa (17) may also be a first name.

Selowa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selowa occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Selowa.

How Common Is The Last Name Selowa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 61,877th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 897,260 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selowa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 8,105 people, or 1 in 6,684. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 62 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and North West, where 3 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Selowa Last Name Statistics demography

Selowa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.02% less than the national average, earning R 116,400 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shelowa9215/
Sellowa929/
Selow9175/
Slowa911/
Seloba83760/
Seelow83393/
Silowa83241/
Selawa83222/
Setlow83216/
Shelow83191/
Selova83146/
Salowa8392/
Selowo8365/
Seslow8341/
Gelowa8336/
Solowa8320/
Sealow8312/
Sielow8310/
Sehlow832/
Soloway771,685/
Shilowa77851/
Sielawa77772/
Sailowa77690/
Seilova77457/
Siloway77208/
Shellow77161/
Seylova77160/
Shalowa77107/
Siliowa7776/
Selyova7740/
Saloway7738/
Seslova7736/
Sheloba7734/
Sheslow7730/
Settlow7727/
Silowai7725/
Siehlow7724/
Selouba7721/
Shelova7720/
Shelowo7714/
Setlova778/
Zeloway777/
Chelowa774/
Sellova772/
Seliova772/
Sehloba772/
Suilowa772/
Sehlova772/
Selawah771/
Selhova771/
Selovas771/
Szelova771/
Sihlowa771/
Seelouw771/
Shelawa771/
Shehlow770/
Sethlow770/
Schelow770/
Seatlow770/
Selab73656/
Silow73425/
Slova73156/
Sylow7391/
Selov7373/
Selof7331/
Selaf7318/
Selav7312/
Selaw738/
Selob736/
Celow733/
Solloway71871/
Salloway71341/
Shelyova7195/
Sheilova7122/
Silowash7121/
Schielow7114/
Shelgova7113/
Seilouba719/
Shehlova719/
Schelova717/
Seylouba717/
Sceulova714/
Sejliova714/
Shelawad712/
Seitlova712/
Sceliova711/
Shelawat711/
Seilovaa711/
Cheloway711/
Sihelova711/
Schilowa711/
Szeliova711/
Seelawat711/
Shelleow710/
Sel6714,300/
Salova676,522/
Salawa674,338/
Silova671,721/
Jilowa671,177/
Shilow67663/
Solawa67387/
Seilov67317/
Selava67252/
Xeylow67245/
Zelova67239/
Gelova67225/
Solova67139/
Seylov67129/
Silouw67128/
Seelab67109/
Sislow6792/
Silawa6790/
Shelov6787/
Schelyova6764/
Sylova6759/
Seloff6752/
Shchelova6744/
Shalloway6739/
Shellaway6735/
Selyov6729/
Seslov6728/
Gelawa6726/
Siloba6725/
Selobo6721/
Selavo6721/
Scheulova6720/
Szelleova6718/
Seliaw6717/
Sielaf6716/
Seelaw6716/
Sielaw6715/
Sylawa6712/
Solowo6712/
Szylow6711/
Seelov679/
Selhab679/
Shelav678/
Selhof678/
Selawo678/
Xilowa678/
Jelawa676/
Salowo676/
Geloba676/
Jelowo675/
Selabo675/
Celgow675/
Celova674/
Shelob674/
Zelawa674/
Selaaf674/
Setlov673/
Shlova673/
Sealaw673/
Selaba673/
Sitlow673/
Silowo673/
Gilowa672/
Shelovova672/
Sileow672/
Seleuw672/
Saylow672/
Sielof672/
Selaff672/
Seloub672/
Celawa672/
Shylow671/
Seelav671/
Cislow671/
Sholloway671/
Shelab671/
Selabh671/
Selgov671/
Seliab671/
Syslow671/
Chelow671/
Jelova671/
Zalowa671/
Zolowa671/
Sailow671/
Selouf671/
Selová671/
Selovë671/
Szeitlova671/
Seilab671/
Seslaw671/
Seloph670/
Silows670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Selowa
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