Sedekia Surname

165,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sedekia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sedekia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,6041:20,3312,568
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sedekia (970) may also be a first name.

Sedekia Last Name Facts

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

Sedekia occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sedekia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sedekia is the 165,668th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,787,891 people. Sedekia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sedekia reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sedekia is also the 258,826th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 970 people.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,604 people, or 1 in 20,331. In Tanzania Sedekia is most frequent in: Katavi Region, where 57 percent live, Tabora Region, where 19 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sedeckia9310/
Sedekiah932/
Zedekia86490/
Jedekia861/
Sedikia861/
Seddikia805/
Zedeckia801/
Sadikia718/
Sidikia713/
Sodokia711/
Sidikiah674/
Sadeeqia674/
Saidikia672/
Zedaikia671/
Saedikya671/
Sedicías671/
Siddikia671/
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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 Sedekia
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