Seker Surname
Approximately 3,038 people bear this surname
Seker Surname Definition:
Walter filius Seker witnessed a grant to the Abbey of Kelso, c. 1200 (Kelso, 507). Bardsley has Seager, Seeger, Seaker, Segar, and Seger as variants of a personal name Sigar.
Seker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 605 | 1:63,854 | 10,551 |
| Germany | 589 | 1:136,682 | 16,618 |
| France | 480 | 1:138,381 | 21,255 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Denmark | 134 | 1:42,125 | 4,385 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| Netherlands | 103 | 1:163,953 | 24,033 |
| Iran | 79 | 1:971,931 | 45,393 |
| Sweden | 76 | 1:129,563 | 9,162 |
| Austria | 70 | 1:121,649 | 16,953 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Sekér (3) are calculated separately.
Seker (264) may also be a first name.
Seker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Walter filius Seker witnessed a grant to the Abbey of Kelso, c. 1200 (Kelso, 507). Bardsley has Seager, Seeger, Seaker, Segar, and Seger as variants of a personal name Sigar.
Seker Demographics
Average Seker Salary in
United States
$43,089 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seker (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﻜﺮ, Hindi: शेकेर, Marathi: सेकेर, Russian: Секер, Tibetan: སེ་ཀེར།) is most common in Algeria. It can appear in the variant forms: Sekér. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seker? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 146,026th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,398,797 people. The last name Seker is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Seker reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 27 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Seker is also the 547,545th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 264 people.
Seker is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 63,854. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 58 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 31 percent are found and Chlef Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Algeria Seker occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent are found and France, where 16 percent are found.
Seker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seker last name increased 2,340 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 518 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seker surname are 2.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.11% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.51% less than the national average, earning 320,086 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $43,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 220.07% more than the national average, earning $159,020 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﻜﺮ | askr | - |
| Seker in the Tibetan language | ||
| སེ་ཀེར། | séker | - |
| Seker in the Hindi language | ||
| शेकेर | sekera | - |
| Seker in the Marathi language | ||
| सेकेर | sekera | - |
| Seker in the Russian language | ||
| Секер | seker | - |
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Footnotes
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