Sekhama Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sekhama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sekhama (35) may also be a first name.
Sekhama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekhama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekhama is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Sekhama are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 35 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 135,504. In Lesotho Sekhama is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 93 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 43 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sekhama
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