Sekanyo Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Sekanyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 144 | 1:271,106 | 19,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sekanyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekanyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekanyo is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekanyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sekanyo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 271,106. In Uganda Sekanyo is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 24 percent live, Luweero District, where 24 percent live and Kampala District, where 22 percent live. Other than Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sekanyo
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