Sekama Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Sekama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 39 | 1:52,117 | 8,022 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sekama (46) may also be a first name.
Sekama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekama (Oriya: େସକାମା) is most common in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sekama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekama live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 52,117. In Lesotho Sekama is most frequent in: Quthing District, where 92 percent reside and Maseru District, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekama in the Oriya language | ||
| େସକାମା | esakama | - |
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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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- 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 Sekama
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