Sehlan Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Sehlan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sehlan (124) may also be a first name.
Sehlan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehlan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sehlan is found most in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sehlan live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most common first name world-wide, held by 124 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 303,988. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 24 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 15 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 26 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sehlan
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