Selven Surname
Approximately 503 people bear this surname
Selven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Norway | 148 | 1:34,745 | 4,901 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Selvén (73) & Selvèn (1) are calculated separately.
Selven (806) may also be a first name.
Selven Demographics
Average Selven Salary in
United States
$44,962 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Selven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selven Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selven (Marathi: सेलवेन, Russian: Сельвен) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Selvén or Selvèn. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selven? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selven is the 613,453rd most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 14,488,163 people. Selven occurs predominantly in Africa, where 34 percent of Selven live; 34 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Selven is also the 288,056th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 806 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 81 percent live, Rivers, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 29 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Selven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Selven has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Selven last name increased 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Selven Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Selven earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning 326,956 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $44,962 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selven Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selven in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलवेन | selavena | 43.48 |
| वेन | vena | 30.43 |
| सेलवन | selavana | 17.39 |
| सेलवान | selavana | 8.7 |
| Selven in the Russian language | ||
| Сельвен | selven | - |
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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 Selven
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