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    The surname Sehgal

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,250 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S240

    Sehgal: #21,034 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sehgal #21,034, 1,250 people Sehgal: #21,034 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sehgal #21,034, 1,250 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sehgal is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਹਿਗਲ (sahigal).

    One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,250 people named Sehgal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,996 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 736.

    #21,034
    rank among US surnames
    1,250
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +69.8%
    change since 2000 (was #30,061)

    Who is named Sehgal

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Sehgal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sehgal

    Sehgal has the Soundex code S240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S240.

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sehgal come from?
    Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਹਿਗਲ (sahigal).
    How common is the surname Sehgal?
    1,250 people in the United States had the surname Sehgal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,996 Americans. It ranked 21,034th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sehgal?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Sehgal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sehgal getting more or less common?
    More common. 736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,250 in 2010, up 70%.