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 or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sehlén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sehlen is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 40 people.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 57 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent live and Berlin, where 3 percent live. Outside of Germany Sehlen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sehlen
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