Sèa

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sèa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the 11th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Middle English see, from Old English sǣ (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (compare West Frisian see, Dutch zee, German See, Danish sø, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Sw.

rarermore common
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 476as Sharma(inferred from the name graph)
  • INIndia1 in 662as Sharma
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 2.1Kas Sharma

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sèa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

2,002,549 named Sharma

#65 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
466 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Côte d’Ivoire, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SharmaLatin(measured from records)
СимаCyrillic(measured from records)
ชาร์มาThai(measured from records)
সামBengali(measured from records)
სიმაGeorgian(measured from records)
శర్మTelugu(measured from records)
ΣιμαGreek(measured from records)
샤르마Hangul(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sharma in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 1 more, Saima in PK Pakistan, AE United Arab Emirates and Seema in AU Australia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Sèa: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Sèa
  1. Middle Englishsee(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishsǣ“sea”(measured from records)
  3. Proto-West Germanic*saiwi(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Germanic*saiwizcompare West Frisian see(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ey-wo-“to be fierce“to be fierce, afflict”(measured from records)
  6. Proto-Indo-European root*sīhwaną“to percolate“to percolate, filter”(measured from records)

From Middle English see, from Old English sǣ (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (compare West Frisian see, Dutch zee, German See, Danish sø, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Swedish sjö), probably either from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”); more at sore) or derived from *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), in which case *saiwiz is from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soykʷ-ís.

Sources 4

  • Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sèa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sèa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India#112,002,549as Sharma1 in 6622MSharma387
BD Bangladesh#139≈78,000 est.≈1 in 2.1KlistedSharma77
US United States—28,559as Sharma1 in 12K112KSharma466
AE United Arab Emirates—≈21,000 est.≈1 in 476—Saima70
PK Pakistan—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 18KlistedSaima99
MY Malaysia#697≈13,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Sharma72
AU Australia—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 2.2K103Seema109
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈3,800 est.≈1 in 7.2K3.8K—8

2,002,549 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Sèa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sèa mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English see, from Old English sǣ (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (compare West Frisian see, Dutch zee, German See, Danish sø, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Sw… Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
Is Sèa a male or female name?
Sèa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Sèa have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 2.0 million people named Sharma, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Sèa?
In India, the national register counted 2,002,549 people named Sharma, about 1 in 662 residents.
How common is Sèa compared with other names?
In India, Sèa is the 11th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sèa” — the 11th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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