Sekep Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sekep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia601:2,204,153134,948
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539

Sekep Last Name Facts

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

Sekep occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sekep.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekep? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,544,715th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Sekep are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,204,153. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Bali, where 90 percent reside, South Kalimantan, where 8 percent reside and Papua, where 2 percent reside. Beside Indonesia Sekep is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekepe91917/
Seukep91234/
Siekep9116/
Shekep912/
Sekephe831/
Siekeup831/
Sekip80156/
Sokep8073/
Sakep8040/
Sikep8022/
Jekep808/
Zekep808/
Sekeb802/
Sikepe73397/
Shokep7313/
Sekhip7312/
Sekieb736/
Shekeb733/
Sokhep732/
Shakep731/
Djekep731/
Giekep731/
Sakeep731/
Sakhep731/
Shekeev67294/
Shekeib67122/
Sikephe6721/
Sikhepe6713/
Shakeep671/
Sekhiph671/
Schekeb671/
Shekeeb671/
Sekkeeb671/

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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 Sekep
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