Sekepe Surname

387,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 917 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sekepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3761:144,09016,481
Lesotho3671:5,5381,140
Papua New Guinea971:84,05911,132
Botswana771:28,4025,684

Sekepe (714) may also be a first name.

Sekepe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekepe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekepe? popularity and diffusion

Sekepe is the 387,068th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,947,160 people. Sekepe is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sekepe reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 309,041st most commonly used given name globally, held by 714 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 376 people, or 1 in 144,090. In South Africa Sekepe is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 35 percent reside, Limpopo, where 28 percent reside and Gauteng, where 23 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 40 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

Sekepe Last Name Statistics demography

Sekepe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.16% less than the national average, earning R 104,184 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekephe921/
Sekepes921/
Sekep91134/
Sekeeper861/
Siekeupe861/
Seckepea861/
Sikepe83397/
Seukep83234/
Sekape8375/
Sekepi8348/
Sekope8333/
Sekepa8330/
Siekep8316/
Sokepe834/
Shekep832/
Sakepe831/
Secepe831/
Shekeev77294/
Sikephe7721/
Siekape7718/
Sikhepe7713/
Sekepit7711/
Seikepa774/
Sekhape771/
Seekape771/
Siekeup771/
Shekeeb771/
Sekkeeb771/
Shekape771/
Sekip73156/
Sikep7322/
Sekeb732/
Sikhephe71238/
Sechepee713/
Shekkeeb711/
Shekheeb711/
Sikape67191/
Sykeev6781/
Sakape6758/
Zekeev6739/
Siketphet6732/
Sokope6723/
Sikepa6722/
Sikeev6715/
Sekapi6715/
Sokape6715/
Sakope6713/
Sekhip6712/
Sikipe679/
Sakipe678/
Sikope678/
Zikepe678/
Sekieb676/
Sekopi675/
Shekeb673/
Geskepeer672/
Sekipa672/
Jekepi671/
Sheykheev671/
Sikepi671/

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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 Sekepe
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