Seconds Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Seconds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seconds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7781:69,6378,689
France21:33,211,361423,184
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Seconds Last Name Facts

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

Seconds occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Seconds? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 438,351st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Seconds live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 778 people, or 1 in 69,637. In South Africa Seconds is most common in: Western Cape, where 91 percent live, Gauteng, where 4 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.

Seconds Last Name Statistics demography

Seconds earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.95% less than the national average, earning R 145,080 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Second92896/
Sekonds865/
Secondt863/
Saconds861/
Sekond77117/
Secand7714/
Secont772/
Sicond771/
Seekond717/
Seconte717/
Seconci713/
Seacont711/
Seccont710/
Shekcand671/

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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 Seconds
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