Sehta Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Sehta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 403 | 1:443,285 | 8,003 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Šehta (2) are calculated separately.
Sehta (119) may also be a first name.
Sehta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sehta (Hindi: सेहता) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Šehta. Click here for other possible spellings of Sehta.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 663,740th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sehta are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sehta is also the 856,040th most common first name globally, held by 119 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 443,285. In Pakistan Sehta is primarily found in: Sindh, where 97 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sehta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sehta in the Hindi language | ||
| सेहता | sehata | - |
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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 Sehta
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