Šeh Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Šeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šeh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo151:124,1256,042
North Macedonia71:300,21016,548
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

The alternate forms: Seh (12,430), Şeh (58) & Séh (1) are calculated separately.

Šeh Last Name Facts

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

Šeh occurs most in Kosovo. It can occur in the variant forms: Seh, Şeh or Séh. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šeh? popularity and diffusion

Šeh is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šeh live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 65 percent live in Albano-Europe.

Šeh is most frequently held in Kosovo, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 124,125. In Kosovo it is primarily found in: District of Prizren, where 100 percent are found. Besides Kosovo Šeh exists in 2 countries. It is also found in North Macedonia, where 30 percent are found and Croatia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seh8912,430/
Şeh8958/
Šeha863/
Še801/
Séh781/
Šeich752/
Ceh674,875/
Šei67103/
Šej6783/
Šep6731/
Šet677/
Šea671/
Šeu671/
Šha671/
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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 Šeh
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