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
Selphine occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selphine? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selphine is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Selphine is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Selphine reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Selphine is also the 272,584th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 889 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Selphine is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 17 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found. Barring Kenya Selphine occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent are found.
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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