Sénior Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sénior Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Senior (29,220) & Sênior (6) are calculated separately.
Sénior Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sénior Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sénior is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Senior or Sênior. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sénior.
How Common Is The Last Name Sénior? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Sénior are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Beside Portugal it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 94 | 29,220 | / |
| Sênior | 94 | 6 | / |
| Sinior | 83 | 159 | / |
| Ségnor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Seanior | 77 | 40 | / |
| Sienior | 77 | 15 | / |
| Seniore | 77 | 13 | / |
| Seniord | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siniord | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sineior | 77 | 1 | / |
| Segnior | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seneior | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scenior | 77 | 0 | / |
| Saynior | 77 | 0 | / |
| Seinior | 77 | 0 | / |
| Siñor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seignior | 71 | 83 | / |
| Saignior | 71 | 1 | / |
| Signor | 67 | 4,726 | / |
| Senhor | 67 | 1,197 | / |
| Sinyor | 67 | 283 | / |
| Sinhor | 67 | 116 | / |
| Senyor | 67 | 76 | / |
| Seneor | 67 | 72 | / |
| Segnor | 67 | 65 | / |
| Seniar | 67 | 62 | / |
| Siniar | 67 | 57 | / |
| Senjor | 67 | 26 | / |
| Sineor | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sinjor | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zenior | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cenior | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seniorová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seigniour | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sénior
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