Sekeya Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Sekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sekeya (129) may also be a first name.
Sekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekeya (Oriya: େସେକୟା) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 487,899th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekeya live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sekeya is also the 818,356th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 129 people.
Sekeya is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Apart from Malawi Sekeya exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekeya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେକୟା | esekaya | - |
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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 Sekeya
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