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
The last name Sekim (Bengali: সেকিম, Russian: Секим) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekim? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sekim is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 40 percent of Sekim live; 31 percent live in Oceania Islands and 31 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 113 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 73 percent are found, Bougainville, where 9 percent are found and Western, where 9 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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