Selwaness Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Selwaness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Selwaness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selwaness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selwaness occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selwaness? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,596,935th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Selwaness live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
Selwaness is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Excluding Egypt it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selwanes | 94 | 614 | / |
| Selwane | 88 | 1,570 | / |
| Silwanes | 82 | 127 | / |
| Sellwane | 82 | 88 | / |
| Sehlwane | 82 | 44 | / |
| Shelwane | 82 | 44 | / |
| Selwanis | 82 | 13 | / |
| Selwanje | 82 | 2 | / |
| Selwanei | 82 | 1 | / |
| Selwayne | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sselwanje | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silwane | 75 | 1,456 | / |
| Selwana | 75 | 700 | / |
| Selwani | 75 | 29 | / |
| Seluane | 75 | 15 | / |
| Celwane | 75 | 2 | / |
| Selbane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sselwanjje | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shilwane | 71 | 205 | / |
| Silwanis | 71 | 12 | / |
| Silwones | 71 | 9 | / |
| Chelwane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sselwanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sselwanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Selwaness
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