Sene Surname
Approximately 257,225 people bear this surname
Sene Surname Definition:
This surname has been adopted by members of the Sene clan of Senegal. The clan's totem is the hare, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become antelope when they die.
Sene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 239,428 | 1:61 | 16 |
| Brazil | 3,487 | 1:61,392 | 2,296 |
| France | 2,660 | 1:24,971 | 2,978 |
| Mali | 1,936 | 1:8,765 | 481 |
| Haiti | 1,761 | 1:6,067 | 718 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| Spain | 879 | 1:53,188 | 4,927 |
| Indonesia | 855 | 1:154,677 | 15,130 |
| Mauritania | 659 | 1:6,214 | 716 |
| United States | 613 | 1:591,287 | 48,265 |
| DR Congo | 540 | 1:136,814 | 14,550 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 336 | 1:68,664 | 3,893 |
| Guinea | 233 | 1:50,789 | 664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 220 | 1:37,062 | 4,461 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Cameroon | 150 | 1:138,460 | 15,452 |
| England | 140 | 1:397,986 | 27,485 |
| Latvia | 129 | 1:15,892 | 2,362 |
| Gibraltar | 111 | 1:306 | 19 |
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Canada | 83 | 1:443,923 | 38,562 |
| Solomon Islands | 78 | 1:7,436 | 1,165 |
| American Samoa | 75 | 1:743 | 68 |
| Albania | 73 | 1:39,919 | 5,672 |
| Turkey | 60 | 1:1,297,024 | 53,536 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Italy | 42 | 1:1,456,112 | 80,162 |
| Burkina Faso | 39 | 1:470,567 | 6,701 |
| Cuba | 37 | 1:311,425 | 5,451 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Nepal | 25 | 1:1,139,238 | 6,423 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Séne (70), Sène (58), Sené (45), Sēne (2), Šene (1), Sêne (1), Séné (63), Señé (4) & Šéne (1) are calculated separately.
Sene (4,217) may also be a first name.
Sene Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname has been adopted by members of the Sene clan of Senegal. The clan's totem is the hare, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become antelope when they die.
Sene Demographics
Sene Political Affiliation
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Sene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻦ, Hindi: सेने, Marathi: सेने, Oriya: େସେନ, Russian: Сене) is found most in Senegal. It may also occur in the variant forms: Séne, Sène, Sené, Sēne, Šene, Sêne, Séné, Señé or Šéne. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,129th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,331 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sene reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sene is also the 106,841st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 4,217 people.
The surname Sene is most commonly occurring in Senegal, where it is carried by 239,428 people, or 1 in 61. In Senegal Sene is most numerous in: Thiès Region, where 29 percent live, Dakar Region, where 21 percent live and Diourbel Region, where 19 percent live. Barring Senegal this last name exists in 91 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Sene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sene has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sene surname grew 2,665 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 737 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sene Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States Sene are 40.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.26% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sene earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning R 242,148 per year; in United States they earn 3.09% less than the national average, earning $41,816 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.71% less than the national average, earning $37,406 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sene in the Marathi language | ||
| सेने | sene | - |
| Sene in the Hindi language | ||
| सेने | sene | 95.83 |
| सेणे | sene | 4.17 |
| Sene in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେନ | esena | 87.5 |
| େସେଣ | esena | 12.5 |
| Sene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻦ | sn | 78.97 |
| ﺳﻴﻦ | syn | 14.29 |
| ﺳﻨﻪ | snh | 1.98 |
| ﺻﻴﻦ | syn | 1.19 |
| ﺳﻨﻲ | sny | 0.4 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻪ | sanh | 0.4 |
| ﺳﻴﻨﻰ | syny | 0.4 |
| Sene in the Russian language | ||
| Сене | sene | - |
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