Sekane Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Sekane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sekane (150) may also be a first name.
Sekane Demographics
Average Sekane Salary in
South Africa
R 372,600
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sekane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﺎﻥ) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekane? popularity and diffusion
Sekane is the 2,047,559th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Sekane live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 150 people.
Sekane is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa Sekane is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 61 percent are found, North West, where 32 percent are found and Free State, where 5 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.
Sekane Last Name Statistics demography
Sekane earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.79% more than the national average, earning R 372,600 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﺎﻥ | skan | - |
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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 Sekane
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