de Sena Surname

9,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Sena Surname User-submission:

De Sena is a west African name from the tribe of Ewe. It means 'gift of God'. Se means 'God' and na means 'to give' or 'gift'. Sena can also be both a male and female name.

de Sena Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil58,8931:3,635308
Italy1,3881:44,0617,922
Dominican Republic5851:17,8341,221
Philippines4291:235,98735,899
Argentina1381:309,73524,668
United States1311:2,766,862164,942
Cape Verde1111:4,772193
Portugal941:110,8325,195
France591:1,125,809120,603
Spain511:916,70735,562
Venezuela471:642,64011,225
Mexico411:3,027,46822,993
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
São Tomé and Príncipe111:16,129920
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Macau11:601,6301,582
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
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de Sena Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

De Sena is a west African name from the tribe of Ewe. It means 'gift of God'. Se means 'God' and na means 'to give' or 'gift'. Sena can also be both a male and female name.

- desena
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de Sena Demographics

Average Male de Sena Height

171.12 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 25 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Sena Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Sena occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Sena? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,124th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 117,325 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of de Sena are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name de Sena is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 58,893 people, or 1 in 3,635. In Brazil de Sena is most prevalent in: Bahia, where 16 percent are found, São Paulo, where 13 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 10 percent are found. Beside Brazil it occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 2 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent are found.

de Sena Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Sena earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 45.03% more than the national average, earning €43,553 per year; in South Africa they earn 351.01% more than the national average, earning R 1,071,770 per year; in United States they earn 100.14% more than the national average, earning $86,358 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.24% more than the national average, earning $57,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Siena931,101/
de Senas9398/
de Scena9333/
de Senha9311/
de Senaa932/
des Sena932/
de Saena931/
de Seena931/
de Senea931/
de Sene862,844/
de Cena86737/
da Sena86283/
di Sena86171/
de Seni8642/
de Seny8641/
de Zena8634/
de Seno8614/
de Sana8613/
de Sina869/
De-Sena861/
de Jena861/
de Sona861/
di Siena80815/
de Senes80108/
de Sieno8098/
de Zenea8074/
de Sanna8025/
de Sinha8021/
di Segna8020/
de Shina807/
de Siene806/
da Siena805/
de Senis804/
de Sieni803/
de Seine802/
de Cenas802/
de Cenai802/
da Senha801/
de Sinas801/
de Singa801/
de Seano801/
de Segni801/
de Senio801/
da Scena801/
de Sheno800/
de Seynes7564/
de Chenay759/
de Sinaha754/
de Schene751/
de Shanna751/
de Sienes751/
di Ssenha751/
di Schiena71335/
de Ceni7138/
da Cena7130/
de Cene7125/
de Sino7120/
de Sano7116/
de Seegner7116/
de Gina719/
de Ceno717/
de Zeña717/
da Sene714/
di Gena713/
de Cina713/
da Sona712/
da Sina712/
de Gesnais712/
de Sono712/
da Sana711/
di Sana711/
de Seño711/
de Sine711/
de Xene711/
de Zeni711/
di Segni67480/
di Sieno67105/
de Zanna6792/
de Chene6758/
de Zeine6714/
de China6713/
de Cysne6712/
de Shano6710/
de Cisne679/
di Chena676/
di Sanna675/
de Genot674/
da Sinha673/
de Cigna673/
de Jesno672/
de Cenis672/
da Senhi671/
de Saini671/
de Sanno671/
de Chesneau671/
di Sanaa671/
de Ceano671/
di-Siena671/
de Giana671/
de Señer671/
de Signo671/
da Cenha671/
Di-Segna671/
de Saine671/
de Suino671/
de Shino671/
da Senes671/
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