Sekeran Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Sekeran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Sekeran (17) may also be a first name.
Sekeran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekeran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekeran is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekeran? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Sekeran occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Sekeran live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sekeran is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 627,537. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 49 percent reside, Pahang, where 11 percent reside and Selangor, where 11 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and Singapore, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Sekeran
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