Sehir Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Sehir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Şehir (744) & Šehir (1) are calculated separately.
Sehir (133) may also be a first name.
Sehir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehir is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Şehir or Šehir. For other potential spellings of Sehir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Sehir live; 34 percent live in South Asia and 21 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 804,402nd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 133 people.
This last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,330,486. In Pakistan Sehir is most common in: Punjab, where 88 percent live and Sindh, where 13 percent live. Barring Pakistan it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 21 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
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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 Sehir
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