Cognomen Selime (Selime 
, Селиме 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen Selime is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare surname, North Macedonia, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Bulgaria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Egypt. Also, Selime is the forename as well as the last name.