Seghane Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Seghane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 25 | 1:583,174 | 2,343 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Seghane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seghane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seghane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seghane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Seghane occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Seghane are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 583,174. In Senegal Seghane is mostly found in: Kaffrine Region, where 68 percent reside, Kaolack Region, where 12 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Senegal this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seghane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seghane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﺎﻥ | skan | 50 |
| ﺳﻘﺎﻥ | sqan | 50 |
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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 Seghane
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