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 carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekeran? popularity and diffusion
Sekeran is the 1,955,159th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Sekeran reside; 66 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sekeran is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Sekeran is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 627,537. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 49 percent reside, Pahang, where 11 percent reside and Selangor, where 11 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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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