Sehele Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sehele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sehele (13) may also be a first name.
Sehele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ) is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sehele are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name Sehele is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Sehele is mostly concentrated in: Katavi Region, where 40 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 10 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Sehele exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 19 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sehele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sehele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻬﻠﻪ | shlh | - |
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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 Sehele
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