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 occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Sekhama reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sekhama is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 35 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 135,504. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 93 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name exists 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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