Sei is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sei
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sei

How popular is Sei?

Sei is common in Ghana.

Sei is ranked 64580 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Seis grew by 34.82587 per cent to 271 since 2000 and ranked 71886 after elevating 14455 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 40.22 55.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 37.27 31.34
Black 11.81 7.96
Hispanic or Latino 6.27 0
Others 4.43 3.48
Sei is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ivory Coast which signifies that it is originated from Ivory Coast. Around 7062 people have been found who wears Sei as their family name. Sei is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
340,120 Canada4
10,542 China4
59,967 Moldova4
6,270 Hong Kong3
78,945 Argentina3
16,136 Kenya3
931 Sierra Leone2
37,372 Georgia2
18,718 Thailand2
24,269 Peru2
31,767 Greece2
23,858 Iran2
21,529 Singapore2
7,299 Estonia2
5,817 Albania2
26,123 Malaysia2
23,344 Austria2
8,181 Botswana1
353 Cook Islands1
91,024 Belgium1
62,864 New Zealand1
510 East Timor1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
19,810 Croatia1
15,705 Cameroon1
58,885 Poland1
16,283 Lithuania1
31,207 Ireland1
7,895 South Korea1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
5,467 Haiti1
66,560 Philippines1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,774 Kazakhstan48
1,892 Japan43
9,524 Portugal37
107,506 England27
68,343 Spain23
58,753 Belarus16
202,099 Ukraine14
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
49,486 South Africa91
163,498 Russia60
Countries with hundreds of Sei:
19,343 Indonesia596
61,001 India455
28,912 Italy325
75,031 United States323
59,024 Germany168
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Sei:
1,546 Ivory Coast1,607
8,689 Brazil1,590
2,346 Ghana1,358
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Giov. Sei worked as smith and hailed from Italy. 20 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Touraine and arrived on March 29, 1897. Giovanni Sei (17) Farmer, Pasquale Sei (17) Laborer, Pietro Sei (29) Laborer, Laborer Salvatore Sei, are others that migrated to US from Genoa, Gibraltar & Naples, Havre and Genoa & Gibraltar.

Sei Namesakes

  • Abdalla Seif Ali, Soccer player
  • Abdulai Seidu, Soccer player
  • Abe no Seimei, Astrologer
  • Salah Abu Seif, Film director
  • Onsi Abou Seif, Production Designer
  • Salah Abu Seif, Film director
  • Salah Abu Seif, Film director
  • Adalbert Seipolt, Author
  • Adalbert Seifriz, Politician
  • Adarsh Sein Anand, Justice

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