Sehela Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Sehela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sehela (86) may also be a first name.
Sehela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ, Hindi: सेहेला, Oriya: େସେହଲା) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sehela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehela? popularity and diffusion
Sehela is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Sehela is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Sehela reside; 31 percent reside in East Africa and 31 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sehela is also the 1,032,266th most widespread forename in the world, held by 86 people.
Sehela is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent reside and Mauritania, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sehela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sehela in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେହଲା | esehala | 76.92 |
| େସାେହଲା | esaehala | 15.38 |
| େଶେହଲା | esehala | 7.69 |
| Sehela in the Hindi language | ||
| सेहेला | sehela | 50 |
| शाहिला | sahila | 25 |
| सुेहला | suehala | 25 |
| Sehela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻬﻠﻪ | shlh | 40 |
| ﺳﻬﻞ | shl | 40 |
| ﺳﻬﻠﺔ | shlt | 20 |
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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 Sehela
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