Selvaretnam Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Selvaretnam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Selvaretnam (22) may also be a first name.
Selvaretnam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selvaretnam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selvaretnam occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Selvaretnam.
How Common Is The Last Name Selvaretnam? popularity and diffusion
Selvaretnam is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Selvaretnam is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Selvaretnam live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 702,243. In Malaysia Selvaretnam is primarily found in: Selangor, where 60 percent reside, Perak, where 19 percent reside and Johor, where 12 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selvarethnam | 96 | 1 | / |
| Selvarettnam | 96 | 1 | / |
| Selvarenam | 95 | 1 | / |
| Selvaratnam | 91 | 7,047 | / |
| Selvarengam | 91 | 3 | / |
| Selveretnam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Selvarathnam | 87 | 1,206 | / |
| Silvaratnam | 82 | 7 | / |
| Selvarengan | 82 | 6 | / |
| Salvaratnam | 82 | 6 | / |
| Selveratnam | 82 | 4 | / |
| Salvarathnam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shelwaratnam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silveratnam | 73 | 2 | / |
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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 Selvaretnam
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