Selén Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Selén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 118 | 1:83,447 | 6,152 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Selen (5,731) are calculated separately.
Selén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selén is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Selen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selén? popularity and diffusion
Selén is the 1,518,885th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Selén live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 83,447. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent are found, Uppsala County, where 22 percent are found and Skåne County, where 19 percent are found. Other than Sweden Selén exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 13 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Selén
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