Sekiwa Surname

308,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sekiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,1031:115,9066,584
Zimbabwe901:171,53620,949
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sekiwa (254) may also be a first name.

Sekiwa Last Name Facts

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

Sekiwa is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 308,931st most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,968,506 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Sekiwa live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Sekiwa is also the 559,024th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 254 people.

The surname Sekiwa is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,103 people, or 1 in 115,906. In Japan Sekiwa is most common in: Saitama Prefecture, where 48 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 15 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Not including Japan this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekaiwa9256/
Sekhiwa9228/
Ssekiwa927/
Sekeiwa921/
Ssekiswa8621/
Ssekaiwa861/
Sakiwa83145/
Sekewa83139/
Seciwa8324/
Sekuwa838/
Sekiwe833/
Sokiwa832/
Ssekisswa801/
Sikiwat77395/
Sakiewa7753/
Sakaiwa7736/
Saekewa7723/
Shikiwa7721/
Sechiwa7713/
Sekieva7712/
Sokhiwa773/
Shekuwa772/
Chekiwa772/
Sekaiwe772/
Sikaiwa771/
Sikhiwa771/
Sikiwai771/
Sekihua771/
Shokiwa771/
Sekyowa771/
Saikiwa771/
Sekibağ771/
Sekijwe771/
Sakiwah771/
Sikhiwat71234/
Sekibaha71233/
Ssekaiba716/
Shekieva712/
Shikiwat711/
Djekaiwa711/
Sekhhiba711/
Sechiwah711/
Ssekeywa711/
Seykieva711/
Sakhiwai711/
Sikiwe67273/
Sakuwa67203/
Sikuwa67199/
Zekewa6796/
Shekibaha6780/
Sakewa6732/
Sikewa6724/
Sekewe6713/
Sakiva6713/
Sokiva6712/
Saqiwa679/
Zakiwa678/
Sokuwa676/
Jikiwa675/
Sikiwi671/
Secuwa671/
Sikiva671/
Shekhieva671/
Sekewi671/
Sykiba671/
Sakuiwaha671/
Sakiwo671/
Sekuwo671/
Jekewa671/

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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 Sekiwa
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