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 frequently in Benin. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sehlan reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sehlan is also the 836,439th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 124 people.
The surname Sehlan is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 303,988. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent live, Borgou Department, where 24 percent live and Alibori Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin Sehlan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 26 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 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 Sehlan
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