Selphine Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Selphine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Selphine (889) may also be a first name.
Selphine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selphine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selphine is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Selphine click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selphine? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selphine are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 272,584th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 889 people.
The surname Selphine is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 17 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Selphine is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selphin | 93 | 7 | / |
| Sylphine | 88 | 11 | / |
| Zelphine | 88 | 2 | / |
| Celphine | 88 | 1 | / |
| Selphina | 88 | 1 | / |
| Cellphine | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sylphin | 80 | 114 | / |
| Zelphin | 80 | 60 | / |
| Silphin | 80 | 48 | / |
| Selpain | 80 | 3 | / |
| Celphin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Selphen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Selfine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jilphine | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shilphin | 75 | 0 | / |
| Selpiyani | 71 | 181 | / |
| Selpiyana | 71 | 14 | / |
| Selpyiana | 71 | 8 | / |
| Selfinesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selfene | 67 | 66 | / |
| Zelfine | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gelfine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Celfine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gilpine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silphen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Selphine
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