Sekem Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Sekem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Şekem (61) are calculated separately.
Sekem (111) may also be a first name.
Sekem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekem (Oriya: େସେକମ୍) is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Şekem. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sekem is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Sekem is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sekem live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sekem is also the 890,531st most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 111 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Sekem is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 95 percent live and Northwest Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and Kenya, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekem in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେକମ୍ | esekam | 50 |
| େସେକମ | esekama | 50 |
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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 Sekem
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