Sekey Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
Sekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Liberia | 98 | 1:44,985 | 4,075 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Tanzania | 25 | 1:2,117,665 | 47,926 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Sékey (1) are calculated separately.
Sekey (26) may also be a first name.
Sekey Demographics
Average Sekey Salary in
United States
$40,433 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sekey (Russian: Секей, Tibetan: སྲིད་ཀྱི་) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Sékey. For other possible spellings of Sekey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sekey is the 595,654th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Sekey live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname Sekey is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana Sekey occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Sekey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sekey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sekey last name grew 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sekey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sekey surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Sekey earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.29% less than the national average, earning $40,433 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྲིད་ཀྱི་ | sikyi | - |
| Sekey in the Russian language | ||
| Секей | sekej | - |
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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 Sekey
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