Seiyan Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Seiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 131 | 1:352,518 | 20,779 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Seiyan Demographics
Seiyan Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Seiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seiyan (Hindi: सेइयां) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Seiyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Seiyan are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya Seiyan is most numerous in: Kajiado County, where 94 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 3 percent reside and Baringo County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Seiyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Seiyan last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seiyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seiyan in the Hindi language | ||
| सेइयां | se'iyam | - |
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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
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- 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 Seiyan
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