Sekhwela Surname

240,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sekhwela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekhwela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6241:33,3614,259
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Sekhwela (49) may also be a first name.

Sekhwela Last Name Facts

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

Sekhwela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sekhwela.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekhwela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sekhwela is the 240,995th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,392,734 people. The last name Sekhwela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekhwela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sekhwela is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 49 people.

The surname Sekhwela is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,624 people, or 1 in 33,361. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 65 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Sekhwela Last Name Statistics demography

Sekhwela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.63% less than the national average, earning R 188,604 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
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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 Sekhwela
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