Sechu Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Sechu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 295 | 1:179,463 | 15,628 |
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Sechü (2) are calculated separately.
Sechu (1,098) may also be a first name.
Sechu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sechu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sechu (Hindi: सेचू, Marathi: सेचु, Tibetan: སྲིད་ཆུ།) is most common in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant: Sechü. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sechu? popularity and diffusion
Sechu is the 671,677th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sechu reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sechu is also the 240,807th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,098 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 295 people, or 1 in 179,463. In Tanzania Sechu is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 63 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Arusha Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sechu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sechu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྲིད་ཆུ། | sichu | - |
| Sechu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेचू | secu | 91.78 |
| सेचु | secu | 8.06 |
| सेंचू | sencu | 0.16 |
| Sechu in the Marathi language | ||
| सेचु | secu | 63.64 |
| सेचू | secu | 36.36 |
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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 Sechu
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