Seiny Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Seiny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Seïny (1) are calculated separately.
Seiny (166) may also be a first name.
Seiny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seiny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seiny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻨﻲ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant: Seïny. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiny? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,785,358th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Seiny occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Seiny live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 166 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon Seiny is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 91 percent live and North Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seiny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seiny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻨﻲ | syny | 91.67 |
| ﺳﻴﻦ | syn | 8.33 |
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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 Seiny
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