Sehlbach Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sehlbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sehlbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sehlbach Last Name Facts

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

Sehlbach occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sehlbach? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Sehlbach reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Sehlbach is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 74 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Bavaria, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Sehlbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sehlbach has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Sehlbach
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