Seïni Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Seïni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
The alternate forms: Seîni (8) & Šeini (1) are calculated separately.
Seïni (58) may also be a first name.
Seïni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seïni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seïni occurs most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms: Seîni or Šeini. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seïni? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seïni live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 58 people.
The surname Seïni is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 169,436. In Benin it is mostly found in: Alibori Department, where 79 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 13 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 14 percent are found and Chad, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Seïni
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