Sekeyi Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Sekeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 315 | 1:168,069 | 14,835 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sekeyi (117) may also be a first name.
Sekeyi Demographics
Average Sekeyi Salary in
South Africa
R 172,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sekeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekeyi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekeyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sekeyi is the 820,032nd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekeyi live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 117 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 168,069. In Tanzania Sekeyi is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 58 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 41 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.
Sekeyi Last Name Statistics demography
Sekeyi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.26% less than the national average, earning R 172,860 per year.
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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 Sekeyi
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