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
Sehela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ, Hindi: सेहेला, Oriya: େସେହଲା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Sehela live; 31 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sehela is also the 1,032,266th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 86 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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