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

The last name Sekeleme is most common in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekeleme? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,058,336th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekeleme live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 52 people.

Sekeleme is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 11,749. In Lesotho Sekeleme is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 38 percent live, Berea District, where 32 percent live and Leribe District, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho Sekeleme occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

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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