Seba Forename
28,987th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 28,539 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo
Seba Forename Definition:
M. Rare in England; not uncommon in U. S. A. In origin, probably a shortening of Sebastian.
Seba Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 94% | 5,197 | 1:14,206 | 1,296 |
| India | 86% | 5,132 | 1:236,726 | 23,521 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,752 | 1:24,494 | 1,760 |
| Ethiopia | 87% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,108 | 1:75,646 | 5,664 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,885 | 1:20,174 | 723 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Mali | 75% | 1,049 | 1:16,185 | 1,224 |
| Ivory Coast | 55% | 580 | 1:39,786 | 3,111 |
| Malawi | 85% | 529 | 1:32,348 | 2,463 |
| Guinea | - | 492 | 1:24,103 | 1,121 |
| Zambia | - | 421 | 1:37,660 | 2,621 |
| Indonesia | - | 357 | 1:722,587 | 49,119 |
| Tanzania | 59% | 355 | 1:148,699 | 7,043 |
| Turkey | 95% | 302 | 1:257,622 | 5,035 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Argentina | 100% | 251 | 1:170,411 | 2,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51% | 240 | 1:33,968 | 3,356 |
| United States | 70% | 211 | 1:1,718,185 | 30,117 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 147 | 1:1,322,161 | 21,208 |
| Uganda | 78% | 110 | 1:372,336 | 9,850 |
| Philippines | 79% | 82 | 1:1,292,798 | 32,590 |
| Qatar | 100% | 79 | 1:29,995 | 4,090 |
| Italy | 94% | 70 | 1:872,316 | 7,880 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 64 | 1:2,774,443 | 49,655 |
| Israel | 84% | 55 | 1:152,780 | 5,422 |
| Brazil | 67% | 46 | 1:4,657,308 | 74,565 |
| Senegal | 77% | 44 | 1:331,394 | 5,241 |
| Sweden | 95% | 41 | 1:240,437 | 7,877 |
| Croatia | 61% | 40 | 1:105,427 | 2,528 |
| Russia | 74% | 35 | 1:4,120,963 | 21,515 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 35 | 1:204,343 | 13,030 |
| Belgium | 75% | 34 | 1:337,942 | 6,477 |
| Kosovo | - | 34 | 1:54,748 | 3,968 |
| England | 58% | 31 | 1:1,793,643 | 23,921 |
| France | 100% | 29 | 1:2,292,081 | 12,764 |
| Chile | 100% | 27 | 1:652,119 | 7,084 |
| Spain | - | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 24 | 1:642,659 | 26,560 |
| Germany | 100% | 23 | 1:4,203,386 | 18,257 |
| Syria | - | 20 | 1:965,304 | 3,164 |
| Canada | - | 19 | 1:1,743,862 | 27,512 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 18 | 1:535,719 | 10,650 |
| Benin | 50% | 18 | 1:587,547 | 18,316 |
| Burkina Faso | 53% | 18 | 1:1,021,082 | 27,989 |
| Malaysia | 60% | 17 | 1:1,791,173 | 53,830 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Uruguay | - | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| South Africa | 55% | 15 | 1:3,635,510 | 86,845 |
| Ireland | - | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Jordan | 100% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Niger | 100% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 13 | 1:537,722 | 8,096 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Australia | - | 9 | 1:1,517,514 | 15,297 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Nepal | 63% | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Congo | 100% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| Paraguay | - | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Algeria | 100% | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Georgia | 67% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Switzerland | 83% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Séba (1,063), Sèba (553), Sebá (7), Sebã (1) & Sebä (1) are calculated separately.
Seba (26,731) may also be a surname.
Seba Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
M. Rare in England; not uncommon in U. S. A. In origin, probably a shortening of Sebastian.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Se'-bah, drunkard, that surrounds: in Syriac, old man. The son of Cush. Gen. x. 7. Also a country. Psal. lxxii. 10.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: drink thou.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: Object of reverence.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Seba Forename Popularity
Seba Demographics
Seba Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 41 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Seba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seba in the Russian language | ||
| Себа | seba | - |
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