Seka Surname
Approximately 37,076 people bear this surname
Seka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 27,524 | 1:838 | 90 |
| Egypt | 1,556 | 1:59,085 | 5,599 |
| DR Congo | 1,409 | 1:52,434 | 6,326 |
| India | 1,323 | 1:579,792 | 28,221 |
| Cameroon | 1,016 | 1:20,442 | 2,780 |
| Kenya | 659 | 1:70,076 | 6,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 510 | 1:15,988 | 1,567 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Zimbabwe | 370 | 1:41,725 | 6,439 |
| France | 273 | 1:243,307 | 37,643 |
| Indonesia | 258 | 1:512,594 | 41,794 |
| Tanzania | 233 | 1:227,217 | 18,851 |
| Solomon Islands | 207 | 1:2,802 | 268 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Israel | 139 | 1:61,566 | 7,798 |
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Nepal | 87 | 1:327,367 | 3,644 |
| Ukraine | 75 | 1:606,969 | 66,274 |
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Liberia | 60 | 1:73,476 | 6,204 |
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Kazakhstan | 54 | 1:327,454 | 26,941 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Lesotho | 42 | 1:48,394 | 7,686 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 1:207,306 | 15,422 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Séka (30) are calculated separately.
Seka (23,272) may also be a first name.
Seka Demographics
Seka Political Affiliation
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Seka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seka (Bengali: সেকা, Georgian: სეკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﻪ, Hindi: सेका, Marathi: सेका, Oriya: େସକା, Russian: Сека, Tibetan: སེ་ཀ་) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Séka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seka is the 15,021st most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 196,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Seka are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seka is also the 33,756th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 23,272 people.
The surname Seka is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 27,524 people, or 1 in 838. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Lagunes District, where 58 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent are found and Comoé District, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 83 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Seka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Seka last name grew 5,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Seka last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Seka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 54.7% more than the national average, earning 535,393 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 51.71% less than the national average, earning R 114,756 per year; in Colombia they earn 59.45% more than the national average, earning $36,199,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $44,082 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seka in the Georgian language | ||
| სეკა | seka | - |
| Seka in the Bengali language | ||
| সেকা | seka | - |
| Seka in the Marathi language | ||
| सेका | seka | 98.18 |
| सेक | seka | 1.82 |
| Seka in the Hindi language | ||
| सेका | seka | 77.78 |
| सेकड़ा | sekara | 20.63 |
| शेका | seka | 1.59 |
| Seka in the Oriya language | ||
| େସକା | esaka | 75 |
| େସକ | esaka | 12.5 |
| େସକ୍ | esak | 6.25 |
| େଶକ୍ | esak | 2.08 |
| େସଖ୍ | esakh | 2.08 |
| େଶକା | esaka | 2.08 |
| Seka in the Tibetan language | ||
| སེ་ཀ་ | séka | 66.67 |
| ཤེས་དཀར་ | shékar | 33.33 |
| Seka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﻪ | skh | 55.56 |
| ﺳﻚ | sk | 33.33 |
| ﺻﻴﻜﻪ | sykh | 11.11 |
| Seka in the Russian language | ||
| Сека | seka | - |
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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
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- 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 Seka
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