Sein Surname
Approximately 65,135 people bear this surname
Sein Surname User-submission:
Sein is Burmese name. Sein means 'diamond. in Burmese. Burmese have no surname or family name. A Burmese full name can be a single syllable or multiple syllables. For example, the name of Burmese UN General Secretary is "Thant". His name is only single syllable.
Read More About This SurnameSein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 57,997 | 1:896 | 99 |
| Kenya | 1,903 | 1:24,267 | 2,741 |
| United States | 776 | 1:467,086 | 39,768 |
| Russia | 483 | 1:298,391 | 30,595 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Thailand | 383 | 1:184,434 | 30,235 |
| Afghanistan | 371 | 1:86,666 | 2,402 |
| Argentina | 331 | 1:129,134 | 10,944 |
| Estonia | 249 | 1:5,308 | 561 |
| France | 232 | 1:286,305 | 43,905 |
| Spain | 209 | 1:223,694 | 14,857 |
| United Arab Emirates | 187 | 1:48,996 | 4,914 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Australia | 127 | 1:212,565 | 20,555 |
| India | 121 | 1:6,339,383 | 145,676 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Jordan | 56 | 1:157,901 | 8,633 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Mexico | 39 | 1:3,182,723 | 23,538 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Ukraine | 18 | 1:2,529,039 | 160,188 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Šein (35), Şein (1) & Seín (1) are calculated separately.
Sein (87,726) may also be a first name.
Sein Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sein is Burmese name. Sein means 'diamond. in Burmese. Burmese have no surname or family name. A Burmese full name can be a single syllable or multiple syllables. For example, the name of Burmese UN General Secretary is "Thant". His name is only single syllable. Burmese call him "U Thant" where "U" is same as "Mr." in English. When Burmese people have to fill up a from on internet or aboard, they were forced to add family name that they don't have one. So they likely to use the last syllable of their name as a family name. Notorious a former military juntas and ex-president of Myanmar, Thein Sein, is a good example.
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Sein Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Sein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sein (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻦ, Hindi: सेन, Marathi: शेन, Russian: Сеин) is held by more people in Myanmar than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Šein, Şein or Seín. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sein? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sein is the 8,725th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 111,884 people. The surname Sein is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Sein live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Burmo-Asia. It is also the 11,440th most common first name in the world It is held by 87,726 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Myanmar, where it is borne by 57,997 people, or 1 in 896. Excluding Myanmar Sein occurs in 85 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Sein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sein surname expanded 1,893 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sein Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sein surname are 34.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.3% registered with the political party.
The amount Sein earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.33% less than the national average, earning $44,549 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sein Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sein in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻦ | syn | - |
| Sein in the Marathi language | ||
| शेन | sena | - |
| Sein in the Hindi language | ||
| सेन | sena | 53.85 |
| सैन | saina | 30.77 |
| सेइन | se'ina | 7.69 |
| साईन | sa'ina | 7.69 |
| Sein in the Russian language | ||
| Сеин | sein | - |
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