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
Sehta (Hindi: सेहता) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Šehta. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 663,740th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname Sehta occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sehta reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sehta is also the 856,040th most common first name at a global level It is held by 119 people.
The surname Sehta is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 443,285. In Pakistan it is most common in: Sindh, where 97 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan Sehta occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.
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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