Selupe Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Selupe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selupe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria501:3,542,855104,248
Lesotho391:52,1178,022
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Tonga11:107,313791

Selupe (21) may also be a first name.

Selupe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selupe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Selupe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,683,218th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. Selupe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Selupe live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Selupe is also the 2,368,944th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 21 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Selupe is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 92 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 33 percent are found and New Zealand, where 10 percent are found.

Selupe Last Name Statistics demography

Selupe earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.68% more than the national average, earning R 339,060 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selup9114/
Solupe8340/
Selipe8328/
Selupi8326/
Salupe8320/
Seloup8313/
Silupe832/
Selupa831/
Sehlup831/
Zelupe831/
Shelupets80273/
Selipie7721/
Saloupe7714/
Selupha774/
Silupet772/
Selipeh772/
Soelipe771/
Shelyup771/
Seluppi771/
Salaupe771/
Shelupa771/
Sallupe771/
Selub7334/
Silup732/
Schelupa717/
Shelhoup717/
Shchelupets712/
Schalupe711/
Silipe6756/
Salipe6745/
Salupi6730/
Shelub6728/
Silupa6725/
Silupi6713/
Sylupp6712/
Gilupe6712/
Selhub679/
Celupi679/
Zalupe678/
Selipi675/
Gelupi673/
Seloub672/
Silups672/
Zilupe671/
Seluub671/
Seleupova671/
Celupp671/
Celupa671/
Chelup671/

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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 Selupe
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