Seekey Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Seekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 350 | 1:12,596 | 1,349 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Seekey (11) may also be a first name.
Seekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seekey is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seekey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 799,576th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Seekey reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Seekey is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 12,596. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Sinoe County, where 47 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 29 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Seekey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Seekey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Seekey surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Seekey
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