Selaya
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Selaya is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bolivia than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 206K(measured from records)
- BOBolivia≈1 in 26K
- HNHonduras≈1 in 194K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bolivia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 60 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈450 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Selaya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BO Bolivia | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Selaya | 22 |
| AR Argentina | 221 | 1 in 206K | 221 | Selaya | 23 |
| US United States | 173 | 1 in 1.9M | 194 | Selaya | 60 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Selaya | 8 |
| ES Spain | 50 | 1 in 1M | 50 | Selaya | 28 |
| HN Honduras | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | Selaya | 2 |
| SV El Salvador | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 482K | — | Selaya | 6 |
| NI Nicaragua | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 465K | — | Selaya | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 221 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 194 | #99,694 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 173 | #103,655 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 142 | #114,166 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 50 | #44,410 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 50 | #44,350 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Selaya have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 452 people named Selaya in Bolivia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled selaya.
- How common is the name Selaya?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 221 people named Selaya, about 1 in 206 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Selaya?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/selayaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Selaya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.