Sekande Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Sekande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 117 | 1:88,338 | 10,310 |
| Uganda | 78 | 1:500,504 | 28,682 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Sekande (362) may also be a first name.
Sekande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekande Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekande (Marathi: साेकांडे) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekande? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,185,157th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sekande live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 362 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 88,338. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 74 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 39 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekande Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekande in the Marathi language | ||
| साेकांडे | saekande | 50 |
| शेकंडे | sekande | 50 |
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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 Sekande
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