Selten Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Selten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 645 | 1:26,182 | 4,265 |
| Australia | 225 | 1:119,981 | 13,219 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Seltén (3) are calculated separately.
Selten (24) may also be a first name.
Selten Demographics
Average Selten Salary in
United States
$40,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selten is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant: Seltén. For other possible spellings of Selten click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selten? popularity and diffusion
Selten is the 379,929th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,760,965 people. The surname Selten is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Selten are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 24 people.
Selten is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 645 people, or 1 in 26,182. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 57 percent live, Gelderland, where 19 percent live and Limburg, where 13 percent live. Beside The Netherlands Selten exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Selten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Selten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Selten last name grew 229 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Selten Last Name Statistics demography
Selten earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $40,425 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seltén | 94 | 3 | / |
| Shelten | 92 | 20 | / |
| Selteng | 92 | 5 | / |
| Schelten | 86 | 48 | / |
| Shellten | 86 | 0 | / |
| Zelten | 83 | 215 | / |
| Jelten | 83 | 151 | / |
| Gelten | 83 | 124 | / |
| Sylten | 83 | 96 | / |
| Celten | 83 | 27 | / |
| Seltin | 83 | 27 | / |
| Silten | 83 | 20 | / |
| Seltyn | 83 | 11 | / |
| Seltün | 83 | 5 | / |
| Slteen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sheltn | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sleten | 83 | 0 | / |
| Scheltien | 80 | 24 | / |
| Scheltenn | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sletten | 77 | 4,531 | / |
| Selting | 77 | 452 | / |
| Slåtten | 77 | 238 | / |
| Chelten | 77 | 14 | / |
| Sleteng | 77 | 13 | / |
| Sheltin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Seltina | 77 | 5 | / |
| Slåthen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hjelten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Slåteng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shilten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schlten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scheltn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gielten | 77 | 0 | / |
| Slethen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sltin | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sletteng | 71 | 152 | / |
| Schilten | 71 | 86 | / |
| Scheltin | 71 | 7 | / |
| Åsletten | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sheltion | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schülten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sletin | 67 | 58 | / |
| Zeltin | 67 | 42 | / |
| Sletyn | 67 | 25 | / |
| Çeltin | 67 | 25 | / |
| Sletne | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zeltyn | 67 | 16 | / |
| Schiolten | 67 | 13 | / |
| Såltin | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jeltin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Seltim | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jeltem | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gilten | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sltina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geltne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cleten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celtin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shcheltin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schldtten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geltin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Zilten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schildten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cilten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schelting | 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
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- 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 Selten
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