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.
- yarzaryeniSein Demographics
Average Male Sein Height
172.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sein (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻦ, Hindi: सेन, Marathi: शेन, Russian: Сеин) is most common in Myanmar. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šein, Şein or Seín. Click here for further possible spellings of Sein.
How Common Is The Last Name Sein? popularity and diffusion
Sein is the 8,725th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 111,884 people. The surname Sein occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sein live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Burmo-Asia. Sein is also the 11,440th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 87,726 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Myanmar, where it is held by 57,997 people, or 1 in 896. Beside Myanmar this last name exists 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 prevalency of Sein has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,893 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sein Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sein last name is principally Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Sein are 34.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.3% being registered with the 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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