Sekgwele Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sekgwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekgwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3661:148,02716,857
Botswana221:99,40615,343

Sekgwele (16) may also be a first name.

Sekgwele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sekgwele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sekgwele is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekgwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sekgwele is the 742,570th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekgwele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sekgwele is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 16 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 148,027. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Outside of South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 6 percent live.

Sekgwele Last Name Statistics demography

Sekgwele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46% less than the national average, earning R 128,316 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekgwelea94333/
Sekwele931,260/
Segwele93165/
Sekgwela88198/
Sekgwale882/
Sekwelea881/
Sekgwile881/
Segwelea881/
Sekgwahle823/
Segwale80290/
Sekwale80220/
Sigwele80213/
Sekwela80193/
Sikwele80140/
Sokwele8079/
Seguele8039/
Sekwile8017/
Sakwele8016/
Segbele8010/
Seqwele805/
Sagwele802/
Segwela801/
Sogwele801/
Sikwehle7539/
Segwahle7526/
Shigwele7521/
Sigcwele7518/
Sikgwela757/
Shikwele753/
Sekuhele752/
Shokwele752/
Seguelea751/
Sokwehle751/
Sekwaile751/
Shegwell750/
Shingwele71117/
Sekgwaila7156/
Sekgwahli715/
Shekuhele711/
Sikwela67853/
Sigwela67793/
Sakweli67491/
Sikwale67366/
Sikuele67144/
Segveld6745/
Sekwili6742/
Sigbele6741/
Gegbele6721/
Siqwele6718/
Jigwele6713/
Sicwele6711/
Sigwell6710/
Secwela677/
Sekwila677/
Sikweli677/
Jegweli675/
Sakwale675/
Zecwele674/
Segwali673/
Zikwele673/
Sequele672/
Zeguele672/
Zekweli672/
Siguele672/
Sigwile672/
Sigwale671/
Sagwale671/
Zegweli671/
Sekwaly671/
Seqwale671/
Zigwele671/
Ceguele671/
Sikwile671/
Sigweli671/
Sogwale671/
Segwili671/
Sigweil670/

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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
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  • 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 Sekgwele
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