Selvestru Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Selvestru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Selvestru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selvestru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selvestru (Russian: Сельвестру) is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selvestru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selvestru is the 3,602,217th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Selvestru occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Selvestru live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 53 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Moldova, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 222,586. In Moldova it is most prevalent in: Strășeni District, where 56 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 38 percent live and Hîncești District, where 6 percent live. Not including Moldova this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selvestru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selvestru in the Russian language | ||
| Сельвестру | selvestru | - |
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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 Selvestru
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