Selwa Surname
Approximately 956 people bear this surname
Selwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 527 | 1:72,123 | 11,299 |
| United States | 184 | 1:1,969,886 | 126,972 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Selwa (2,961) may also be a first name.
Selwa Demographics
Selwa Political Affiliation
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Selwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻮﻯ, Tibetan: གསལ་བ་) is found most in Poland. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selwa? popularity and diffusion
Selwa is the 374,643rd most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 7,622,956 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Selwa are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Selwa is also the 133,199th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 2,961 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 72,123. Apart from Poland this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Selwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Selwa surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the political party.
The amount Selwa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $43,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.55% more than the national average, earning $60,886 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| གསལ་བ་ | salwa | - |
| Selwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻮﻯ | slwy | 76.92 |
| ﺳﻠﻮﻱ | slwy | 15.38 |
| ﺳﻠﻮﺍ | slwa | 7.69 |
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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 Selwa
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