Seelan Surname
Approximately 4,285 people bear this surname
Seelan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,827 | 1:11,389 | 1,622 |
| India | 1,071 | 1:716,214 | 33,034 |
| Malaysia | 426 | 1:69,235 | 5,048 |
| United Arab Emirates | 201 | 1:45,583 | 4,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Singapore | 98 | 1:56,201 | 2,231 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Seelan (1,874) may also be a first name.
Seelan Demographics
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Seelan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seelan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seelan (Bengali: সিলন, Marathi: िसलन) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seelan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seelan is the 108,618th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,700,711 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Seelan live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Seelan is also the 175,764th most frequent first name globally, borne by 1,874 people.
The surname Seelan is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,827 people, or 1 in 11,389. Apart from Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Malaysia, where 10 percent live.
Seelan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seelan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seelan surname expanded 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seelan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seelan are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Seelan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.46% less than the national average, earning R 22,668 per year; in United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $50,120 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seelan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seelan in the Bengali language | ||
| সিলন | silana | - |
| Seelan in the Marathi language | ||
| िसलन | isalana | 53.85 |
| सीलन | silana | 30.77 |
| सीलान | silana | 15.38 |
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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 Seelan
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