Sekander Surname

197,788th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Sekander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh1,8021:88,4333,976
United States1451:2,499,717152,655
Pakistan661:2,706,72622,920
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Afghanistan161:2,009,57414,441
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India61:127,844,230863,365
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sekander (1,543) may also be a first name.

Sekander Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sekander Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sekander (Russian: Секандер) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sekander click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekander? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 197,788th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,444,020 people. The surname Sekander is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Sekander live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 197,386th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 1,543 people.

The last name is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,802 people, or 1 in 88,433. Without taking into account Bangladesh Sekander is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 3 percent are found.

Sekander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sekander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sekander surname increased 3,625 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sekander Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sekander last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.33% registered with the party.

Sekander earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.87% more than the national average, earning $60,352 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sekander Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sekander in the Russian language
Секандерsekander-

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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 Sekander
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