Sehem Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Sehem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sehem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq8441:41,4951,762
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Yemen91:2,936,14415,216
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sehem (2,410) may also be a first name.

Sehem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sehem Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sehem (Oriya: େସେହମ) occurs in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sehem? popularity and diffusion

Sehem is the 400,385th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sehem live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Levant. It is also the 151,143rd most commonly held forename in the world It is held by 2,410 people.

Sehem is most prevalent in Iraq, where it is held by 844 people, or 1 in 41,495. Beside Iraq this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seheim9114/
Seheem9110/
Seheum911/
Sheehem830/
Sheum80762/
Saeem80286/
Sehim80261/
Sheim80162/
Sohem80153/
Sahem80128/
Sihem80106/
Shiem8046/
Shyem801/
Soeem801/
Syhem801/
Sieem801/
Sheehemt770/
Åsheim73994/
Sehaim73197/
Shahem73196/
Soheim73190/
Shehim73158/
Saheim7335/
Shaeem7335/
Saehim7334/
Schjem7331/
Schiem7325/
Sjöhem7318/
Saeemh7313/
Sahhem739/
Seeyom738/
Soehim736/
Sohhem734/
Jeheem734/
Seahim734/
Sahiem733/
Siehme732/
Seeiem731/
S'Hiem731/
Soheem731/
Sheaim731/
Seaeam731/
Saeeam731/
Shieme731/
Syheme731/
Sheeim731/
Sihemm731/
Shihem731/
Siem672,714/
Seum672,380/
Syem67656/
Geem6733/
Shahiem678/
Sahahem677/
Sjöheim676/
Sjaheim672/
Shahemh671/
Sahieem671/
Shaiyem671/
Shejjem671/
Schehim671/
Sahayem671/
Sgem671/
Scheeim670/

Sehem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sehem in the Oriya language
େସେହମesehama-

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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 Sehem
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