Seken Surname
Approximately 1,595 people bear this surname
Seken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,177 | 1:112,361 | 11,454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 305 | 1:26,733 | 3,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 75 | 1:235,767 | 21,064 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Şeken (78) are calculated separately.
Seken (1,392) may also be a first name.
Seken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seken (Bengali: সেকেন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﻨﻪ, Marathi: सेकेन, Oriya: େସେକନ, Russian: Секен) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Şeken. For other potential spellings of Seken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seken? popularity and diffusion
Seken is the 248,973rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,568,994 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Seken live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 209,670th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 1,392 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,177 people, or 1 in 112,361. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Bali, where 89 percent reside, Central Sulawesi, where 4 percent reside and East Java, where 3 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seken in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﻨﻪ | sknh | - |
| Seken in the Marathi language | ||
| सेकेन | sekena | - |
| Seken in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେକନ | esekana | 93.33 |
| େସେକନ୍ | esekan | 6.67 |
| Seken in the Bengali language | ||
| সেকেন | sekena | 66.67 |
| সেকেনবতী | sekenabati | 33.33 |
| Seken in the Russian language | ||
| Секен | seken | - |
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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 Seken
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