Sehlen Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Sehlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sehlén (36) are calculated separately.
Sehlen (40) may also be a first name.
Sehlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sehlen occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sehlén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlen? popularity and diffusion
Sehlen is the 3,373,373rd most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Sehlen is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Sehlen reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Sehlen is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 40 people.
The surname Sehlen is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Sehlen is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 57 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent live and Berlin, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Sehlen exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 6 percent live and Turkey, where 3 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
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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
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