Sekim Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Sekim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sekim (113) may also be a first name.
Sekim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekim (Bengali: সেকিম, Russian: Секим) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekim? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 40 percent of Sekim are found; 31 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 31 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 881,625th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 113 people.
Sekim is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 73 percent are found, Bougainville, where 9 percent are found and Western, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Sekim is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Chad, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekim in the Bengali language | ||
| সেকিম | sekima | - |
| Sekim in the Russian language | ||
| Секим | sekim | - |
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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 Sekim
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