Sebkha Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Sebkha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Sebkha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sebkha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sebkha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺒﺨﻪ, Hindi: सेबखा) is found most in Mauritania. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sebkha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Sebkha is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sebkha live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Sebkha is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 141,202. In Mauritania Sebkha is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 97 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sebkha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sebkha in the Hindi language | ||
| सेबखा | sebakha | - |
| Sebkha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺒﺨﻪ | sbkhh | 62.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺒﺨﺔ | alsbkht | 37.5 |
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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
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- 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 Sebkha
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