Section Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Section Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Section (124) may also be a first name.
Section Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Section Come From? nationality or country of origin
Section occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Section? popularity and diffusion
Section is the 2,020,555th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Section are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Section is also the 836,439th most common first name world-wide, held by 124 people.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 985,049. In South Africa Section is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 49 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Limpopo, where 20 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 30 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sectin | 92 | 4 | / |
| Siction | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sectim | 77 | 54 | / |
| Sictin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sektin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siketin | 71 | 60 | / |
| Sektian | 71 | 10 | / |
| Segtuin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Segttin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekhtian | 67 | 10 | / |
| Scictina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siquetin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Setstian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sikketin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Segten | 62 | 477 | / |
| Sektyn | 62 | 13 | / |
| Sektim | 62 | 1 | / |
| Syketyn | 57 | 28 | / |
| Chiktin | 57 | 7 | / |
| Sektyna | 57 | 6 | / |
| Cictina | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sayktin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Siztian | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sikhtian | 53 | 7 | / |
| Shikhtin | 53 | 7 | / |
| Sekhtyan | 53 | 5 | / |
| Siqhtian | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shikhtina | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Section
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