Sehla Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Sehla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 144 | 1:268,275 | 27,771 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
The alternate forms: Şehla (157) are calculated separately.
Sehla (1,400) may also be a first name.
Sehla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ, Hindi: सेहला) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may also be found as a variant: Şehla. Click here for further potential spellings of Sehla.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sehla is the 956,400th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sehla live; 54 percent live in North Africa and 53 percent live in Mahgreb. Sehla is also the 208,997th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,400 people.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 268,275. In Algeria it is most common in: Saïda Province, where 57 percent reside, Mascara Province, where 42 percent reside and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Algeria Sehla is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sehla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sehla in the Hindi language | ||
| सेहला | sehala | 92.31 |
| सहला | sahala | 7.69 |
| Sehla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻬﻠﻪ | shlh | 73.84 |
| ﺳﻬﻠﺔ | shlt | 17.3 |
| ﺳﻬﻞ | shl | 7.17 |
| ﺳﻬﻠـﺔ | shlt | 0.42 |
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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 Sehla
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