Sečen Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Sečen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sečen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1941:21,7974,551
Slovenia441:56,5388,862
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Seçen (4,574), Secen (189) & Sećen (2) are calculated separately.

Sečen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sečen has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can occur in the variant forms: Seçen, Secen or Sećen. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sečen.

How Common Is The Last Name Sečen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,028,911th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sečen reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Croatia, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 21,797. In Croatia it is most common in: Zagreb County, where 31 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 27 percent reside and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Croatia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 18 percent reside and Slovakia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seçen934,574/
Secen93189/
Sećen932/
Sezen8018,268/
Sesen803,868/
Sexen8023/
Sečin801/
Sečenová779/
Seseng73584/
Seisen73250/
Seysen73177/
Sechen73115/
Seizen73111/
Seesen7379/
Setzen7371/
Siezen7364/
Seesin7336/
Sessen7325/
Seezen7324/
Sazeen7321/
Sezsen7315/
Syceen7312/
Shezen737/
Soezen736/
Seasen735/
Sesien734/
Setsen734/
Seshen734/
Seazen734/
Sezzen731/
Secien731/
Secend731/
Sehsen731/
Seusen730/
Sesenk730/
Seesing67602/
Seesink67359/
Sesseng67112/
Shazeen6798/
Sietzen6763/
Seetzen6762/
Seetsen6760/
Siechen6748/
Siezien6737/
Sethsen6731/
Setseng6723/
Setchen6717/
Sheshen6717/
Seesaen6716/
Shechen6714/
Shetzen678/
Seachen678/
Seissen677/
Seyshen676/
Seechin675/
Shezeen673/
Seschen673/
Cheseen672/
Sesseen672/
Seyssen672/
Seeseng672/
Sheceng672/
Saiceen671/
Sechsen671/
Sehesin671/
Shezien671/
Soetzen671/
Siecien671/
Seidsen671/
Seiseng671/
Shehzen671/
Sheizen671/
Sisseen670/
Sheesin670/
Seitzen670/
Sehsien670/

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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 Sečen
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