Sekhon Surname
Approximately 11,731 people bear this surname
Sekhon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,523 | 1:138,886 | 8,867 |
| Canada | 2,575 | 1:14,309 | 2,110 |
| United States | 1,405 | 1:257,978 | 24,387 |
| England | 1,101 | 1:50,607 | 6,270 |
| Australia | 345 | 1:78,248 | 9,133 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 126 | 1:72,716 | 6,783 |
| New Zealand | 119 | 1:38,053 | 6,460 |
| Malaysia | 73 | 1:404,030 | 21,053 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Denmark | 38 | 1:148,545 | 13,026 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Sékhon (1) are calculated separately.
Sekhon (168) may also be a first name.
Sekhon Demographics
Average Male Sekhon Height
175.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sekhon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekhon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekhon (Hindi: सेखों, Marathi: सेखोन, Oriya: େସଖୁନ) is found most in India. It may also be rendered as a variant: Sékhon. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhon? popularity and diffusion
Sekhon is the 44,268th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 621,221 people. Sekhon occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Sekhon reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 47 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 705,855th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 168 people.
The last name Sekhon is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 5,523 people, or 1 in 138,886. In India Sekhon is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 85 percent are found, Chandigarh, where 2 percent are found and Delhi, where 2 percent are found. Besides India it is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Sekhon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sekhon last name are 5.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sekhon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.4% less than the national average, earning 247,786 kr per year; in United States they earn 26.69% more than the national average, earning $54,665 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.95% more than the national average, earning $57,112 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekhon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekhon in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଖୁନ | esakhuna | - |
| Sekhon in the Hindi language | ||
| सेखों | sekhom | 63.27 |
| सेखोन | sekhona | 12.24 |
| सेखो | sekho | 12.24 |
| सेक्खों | sekkhom | 4.08 |
| सेखौं | sekhaum | 2.04 |
| शेखोन | sekhona | 2.04 |
| शेखों | sekhom | 2.04 |
| सैखो | saikho | 2.04 |
| Sekhon in the Marathi language | ||
| सेखोन | sekhona | 54.17 |
| सेखॉन | sekhona | 16.67 |
| सेखो | sekho | 8.33 |
| सेख | sekha | 8.33 |
| शेख | sekha | 4.17 |
| शेखो | sekho | 4.17 |
| शेखॉन | sekhona | 4.17 |
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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 Sekhon
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