Sehlin Surname
Approximately 893 people bear this surname
Sehlin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 427 | 1:24,205 | 3,242 |
| Sweden | 367 | 1:26,830 | 2,180 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Séhlin (1) are calculated separately.
Sehlin Demographics
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Sehlin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehlin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sehlin is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Séhlin. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sehlin is the 395,186th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,160,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Sehlin are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Sehlin is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 427 people, or 1 in 24,205. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Atlantique Department, where 40 percent live, Zou Department, where 30 percent live and Littoral Department, where 26 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 41 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Sehlin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sehlin last name are 7.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.11% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sehlin earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.26% less than the national average, earning 241,361 kr per year; in United States they earn 15.45% more than the national average, earning $49,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.35% less than the national average, earning $43,548 CAD per year.
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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 Sehlin
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