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
The last name Selén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Selen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,518,885th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. Selén is mostly found 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 frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 83,447. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent live, Uppsala County, where 22 percent live and Skåne County, where 19 percent live. Not including Sweden Selén exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 13 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.
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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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