Sekede Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Sekede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sekede (33) may also be a first name.
Sekede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekede Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekede has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekede? popularity and diffusion
Sekede is the 1,674,734th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sekede live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 33 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 229,680. In Benin Sekede is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 80 percent are found, Zou Department, where 11 percent are found and Collines Department, where 2 percent are found. Not including Benin Sekede is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Sekede
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