Sekels Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sekels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sekels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sekels is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,471,719th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekels are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sekels is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 89 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 6 percent reside and Gauteng, where 5 percent reside. Not including South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Sekels Last Name Statistics demography

Sekels earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.56% less than the national average, earning R 79,476 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
  • 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 Sekels
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