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 most common in Malawi. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sekeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekeya? popularity and diffusion
Sekeya is the 487,899th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. Sekeya is primarily 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 frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 129 people.
The last name Sekeya is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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