Selwet Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Selwet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selwet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1001:380,08741,573
England61:9,286,343223,652
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Selwet Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Selwet Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Selwet is found most in Poland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Selwet click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selwet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,775,494th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Selwet is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Selwet are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Poland, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 380,087. Beside Poland it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selwiet9228/
Sylwet8339/
Selwit8318/
Slewett7721/
Shlewet7718/
Silwete771/
Sluet7326/
Shleweet711/
Siluet6753/
Sluetz6714/
Zelbet6711/
Gelbet6710/
Schleweit677/
Silbet673/
Schlweitz673/
Selbed671/
Clewet670/

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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 Selwet
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