Sekene Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Sekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sekene (167) may also be a first name.
Sekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sekene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﻨﻪ) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sekene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekene? popularity and diffusion
Sekene is the 1,459,453rd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sekene live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sekene is also the 708,111th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 167 people.
The surname Sekene is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria Sekene is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 53 percent are found, Delta, where 16 percent are found and Plateau, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﻨﻪ | sknh | - |
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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 Sekene
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