Sehu Surname
Approximately 2,700 people bear this surname
Sehu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,907 | 1:92,891 | 6,419 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Indonesia | 307 | 1:430,779 | 36,125 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Šehu (75) & Şehu (3) are calculated separately.
Sehu (3,029) may also be a first name.
Sehu Demographics
Average Sehu Salary in
United States
$107,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sehu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehu (Hindi: सेहु, Marathi: सेहू, Oriya: େସହୁ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Šehu or Şehu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sehu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 161,311th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,699,091 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sehu live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 131,329th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 3,029 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,907 people, or 1 in 92,891. In Nigeria Sehu is most numerous in: Kwara, where 19 percent live, Oyo, where 18 percent live and Osun, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Sehu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sehu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sehu last name grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sehu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Sehu earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 148.56% more than the national average, earning $107,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sehu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sehu in the Marathi language | ||
| सेहू | sehu | - |
| Sehu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସହୁ | esahu | 80 |
| ସାେହୁ | saehu | 10 |
| ଶୁେସହୁ | suesahu | 10 |
| Sehu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेहु | sehu | 60 |
| सेहू | sehu | 40 |
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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 Sehu
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