Senegal Surname

275,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Senegal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Senegal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2551:288,81226,828
Colombia511:936,7478,990
France121:5,535,227269,324
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

The alternate forms: Sénégal (7) are calculated separately.

Senegal (156) may also be a first name.

Senegal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Senegal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Senegal occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Sénégal. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Senegal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Senegal is the 275,425th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,172,140 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Senegal are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Senegal is also the 735,679th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 156 people.

Senegal is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 288,812. In The United States it is mostly found in: Louisiana, where 46 percent reside, Texas, where 33 percent reside and California, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 4 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Senegal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Senegal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Senegal last name expanded 3,303 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Senegal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Senegal last name are 29.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Senegal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 37.4% less than the national average, earning $14,212,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.97% less than the national average, earning $31,943 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.63% less than the national average, earning $36,451 CAD per year.

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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 Senegal
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