Sec Surname
Approximately 10,329 people bear this surname
Sec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 4,412 | 1:3,510 | 597 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,981 | 1:10,351 | 1,441 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| France | 389 | 1:170,752 | 26,566 |
| United Arab Emirates | 334 | 1:27,432 | 3,057 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Brazil | 128 | 1:1,672,456 | 54,891 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Guatemala | 91 | 1:176,733 | 3,618 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Mexico | 41 | 1:3,027,468 | 22,993 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Czechia | 25 | 1:425,339 | 47,625 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
The alternate forms: Seč (216), Šec (99), Seç (88), Séc (1) & Séč (1) are calculated separately.
Sec (6,316) may also be a first name.
Sec Demographics
Average Male Sec Height
175.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sec Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sec (Arabic: سك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻚ) is carried by more people in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Seč, Šec, Seç, Séc or Séč. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sec? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 49,763rd most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 705,542 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Sec reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. Sec is also the 82,913th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 6,316 people.
It is most widely held in Cambodia, where it is held by 4,412 people, or 1 in 3,510. In Cambodia it is mostly concentrated in: Siem Reap Province, where 15 percent are found, Battambang Province, where 10 percent are found and Banteay Meanchey Province, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Cambodia Sec is found in 86 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 6 percent are found.
Sec Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sec earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 59.66% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,819 per year; in United States they earn 9.5% less than the national average, earning $39,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.48% less than the national average, earning $33,050 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sec Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sec in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻚ | sk | - |
| Sec in the Arabic language | ||
| سك | sk | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sec
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