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 held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Şeken. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 248,973rd most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,568,994 people. The last name Seken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Seken live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seken is also the 209,670th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 1,392 people.
It is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,177 people, or 1 in 112,361. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Bali, where 89 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 4 percent live and East Java, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.
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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- 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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