Sekana Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Sekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sekana (229) may also be a first name.
Sekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekana (Arabic: سيتانا, Bengali: সেকনা, Georgian: სეკანა, Hindi: सेकाना, Marathi: सेकना, Oriya: େସକାନା) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 685,266th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sekana live; 36 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 593,349th most common forename internationally, borne by 229 people.
Sekana is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania Sekana is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekana in the Georgian language | ||
| სეკანა | sekana | - |
| Sekana in the Bengali language | ||
| সেকনা | sekana | - |
| Sekana in the Oriya language | ||
| େସକାନା | esakana | - |
| Sekana in the Marathi language | ||
| सेकना | sekana | - |
| Sekana in the Hindi language | ||
| सेकाना | sekana | 50 |
| सेकना | sekana | 50 |
| Sekana in the Arabic language | ||
| سيتانا | sytana | - |
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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 Sekana
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