Sihon
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Uncertain; often derived from a root meaning 'to sweep away' or 'to strike down', though some scholars consider the etymology unknown
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sihon is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 2.8Kas Sahani(measured from records)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 2.9Kas Sahani
- KWKuwait≈1 in 6.3Kas Sahani
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 Sihon 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)
- #995 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
466,844 named Sahani
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Qatar, est., as Sahani
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Sahani in IN India, SA Saudi Arabia, KW Kuwait and 4 more.
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)
Uncertain; often derived from a root meaning 'to sweep away' or 'to strike down', though some scholars consider the etymology unknown.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sihon 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #160 | 466,844as Sahani | 1 in 2.8K | 467K | Sahani | 185 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Sahani | 11 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #182 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Sahani | 28 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #445 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Sahani | 7 |
| QA Qatar | #149 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Sahani | 6 |
| KW Kuwait | #297 | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | Sahani | 11 |
| BH Bahrain | #276 | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Sahani | 3 |
466,844 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. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sihon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The defeat of Sihon (along with Og of Bashan) is treated in biblical theology as a foundational victory, frequently cited in Psalms and prophetic literature as evidence of God's power and faithfulness in delivering the Promised Land to Israel.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Sihor [Shihor]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sihon mean, and where does it come from?
- Uncertain; often derived from a root meaning 'to sweep away' or 'to strike down', though some scholars consider the etymology unknown. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Sihon have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 467 thousand people named Sahani, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sihon?
- In India, the national register counted 466,844 people named Sahani, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Sihon compared with other names?
- In India, Sihon is the 160th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sihonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sihon” — the 160th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.