Sekeleme Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sekeleme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekeleme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1731:11,7492,636
Botswana331:66,27111,607
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708

Sekeleme (52) may also be a first name.

Sekeleme Last Name Facts

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

Sekeleme occurs most in Lesotho. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekeleme? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sekeleme is the 1,058,336th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Sekeleme occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekeleme reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sekeleme is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 52 people.

The last name Sekeleme is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 11,749. In Lesotho it is most common in: Maseru District, where 38 percent are found, Berea District, where 32 percent are found and Leribe District, where 16 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.

Sekeleme Last Name Statistics demography

Sekeleme earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.91% less than the national average, earning R 81,000 per year.

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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 Sekeleme
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