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 surname Seiny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻨﻲ) is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms: Seïny. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname is mostly 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 on earth. It is borne by 166 people.
The last name Seiny is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 91 percent are found and North Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 17 percent are found.
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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