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 occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Selen. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selén? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Selén live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 83,447. In Sweden Selén is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent are found, Uppsala County, where 22 percent are found and Skåne County, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Sweden this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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