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
Seiny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻨﻲ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Seïny. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,785,358th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. Seiny is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Seiny reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Seiny is also the 710,504th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 166 people.
The surname Seiny is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon Seiny is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 91 percent reside and North Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Seiny exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 17 percent reside.
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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