Šelić Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Šelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šelić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia351:204,14112,371
Bosnia and Herzegovina61:589,40014,340
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Selić (432), Selič (586) & Selic (223) are calculated separately.

Šelić Last Name Facts

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

Šelić occurs more in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Selić, Selič or Selic. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šelić? popularity and diffusion

Šelić is the 3,017,195th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Šelić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šelić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Šelić is most prevalent in Serbia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 204,141. In Serbia Šelić is mostly found in: Jablanica District, where 71 percent live, South Bačka District, where 23 percent live and Pomoravlje District, where 3 percent live. Excluding Serbia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 14 percent live and Kosovo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selić93432/
Selič87586/
Selic87223/
Zelić803,207/
Čelić801,940/
Ćelić80907/
Celić80497/
Šalić80487/
Šolić80410/
Šilić80287/
Šulić80148/
Želić802/
Zeljić73837/
Šeliga73754/
Šiljić73647/
Šoljić73310/
Šeligo73245/
Šaljić73234/
Šuljić73214/
Šaulić7388/
Šuleić7364/
Čeljić7322/
Šolaić7313/
Čeulić7312/
Šeliuk731/
Chelić731/
Đuzelić67140/
Šelc6733/
Zeljaić671/

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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 Šelić
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