Seighe Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Seighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
The alternate forms: Seïghe (1) are calculated separately.
Seighe (177) may also be a first name.
Seighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seighe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻚ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as: Seïghe. For other possible spellings of Seighe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seighe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seighe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seighe is also the 685,598th most common first name globally, borne by 177 people.
The surname Seighe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent are found and Rivers, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Seighe exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 34 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seighe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻚ | syk | 36.36 |
| ﺳﻴﻖ | syq | 27.27 |
| ﺳﻴﻜﻪ | sykh | 27.27 |
| ﺳﻴﻘﻪ | syqh | 9.09 |
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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 Seighe
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