Sekiwu Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sekiwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sekiwu 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
Uganda551:709,80535,417
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sekiwu Last Name Facts

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

Sekiwu occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekiwu? popularity and diffusion

Sekiwu is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. Sekiwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekiwu live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Sekiwu is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 709,805. In Uganda Sekiwu is most numerous in: Nakasongola District, where 42 percent are found, Luweero District, where 18 percent are found and Kampala District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found.

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
Ssekiwu9294/
Sikiwu833/
Sekivu831/
Ssekivu7713/
Sekievu775/
Sekewui771/
Shakiwu771/
Seikibou7114/
Shekivui719/
Sekhaibu711/
Shekaibu711/
Zekewu6712/
Siqiwu673/
Sokewu673/
Sakewu672/
Sikewu672/
Zakiwu671/
Sikivu671/
Siqewu671/
Jikiwu671/
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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 Sekiwu
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