Sekhai Surname
Approximately 5,236 people bear this surname
Sekhai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,227 | 1:146,751 | 9,303 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sekhai (1,715) may also be a first name.
Sekhai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekhai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekhai (Hindi: सेखई, Marathi: सेखाई) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sekhai.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,419th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,391,815 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sekhai live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sekhai is also the 185,411th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,715 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 5,227 people, or 1 in 146,751. In India Sekhai is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 100 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 0 percent are found and West Bengal, where 0 percent are found. Excluding India this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekhai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekhai in the Hindi language | ||
| सेखई | sekha'i | 93.55 |
| सेखइ | sekha'i | 6.45 |
| Sekhai in the Marathi language | ||
| सेखाई | sekha'i | 50 |
| सेखई | sekha'i | 38.89 |
| शेख | sekha | 11.11 |
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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 Sekhai
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