Sekiswa Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sekiswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sekiswa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sekiswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekiswa occurs most in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekiswa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sekiswa is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Sekiswa reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 2,439,955. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kampala District, where 50 percent live, Mukono District, where 13 percent live and Luweero District, where 6 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Sakiswa863/
Cekiswa862/
Soekiswo803/
Sekisui713/
Sekisue711/
Zokiswa711/
Sikuswa711/
Sikushwa671/
Sikhushwa631/
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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 Sekiswa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis