Nsekuye Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nsekuye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsekuye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3391:115,16011,123
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nsekuye (11) may also be a first name.

Nsekuye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nsekuye is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nsekuye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsekuye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 643,972nd most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The surname Nsekuye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsekuye reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nsekuye is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 115,160. In Uganda Nsekuye is most common in: Kisoro District, where 38 percent live, Mubende District, where 12 percent live and Kibaale District, where 10 percent live. Not including Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Rwanda, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nsekuuye938/
Nsekujye931/
Nshekuye931/
Nsekuya862/
Nzekuye862/
Nsekeye861/
Nshekye861/
Nzekue777/
Nsekie771/
Nsekeyehe752/
Nsekeya719/
Nsakiye716/
Nzekoue713/
N'Sekou712/
Nseukey711/
Nzokuye711/
Nzekuie711/
Njekoue711/
Nseukou711/
Nseukeu711/
Nsekoua711/
Nsokuyi711/
Nsiekou711/
Nzeukoue6719/
Nshakiye674/
Nshokeye673/
Nchekoue671/
Nshekeje671/
Nshikiye671/

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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
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  • 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 Nsekuye
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