Sekić Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sekić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2631:13,4462,591
Croatia901:46,9849,150
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Šekić (386), Sekic (218) & Šekic (1) are calculated separately.

Sekić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sekić is borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Šekić, Sekic or Šekic. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 786,896th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sekić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Sekić is most commonly used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 13,446. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most prevalent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 81 percent are found, Brčko District, where 10 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 9 percent are found. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 25 percent are found and Serbia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šekić93386/
Sekic93218/
Scekić9195/
Sejkić9120/
Sekuić911/
Setkić911/
Šekic871/
Zekić804,840/
Cekić804,096/
Jekić802,865/
Sakić801,513/
Sokić80749/
Sekiz80121/
Žekić8085/
Sikić8072/
Gekić8025/
Secić8018/
Djekić73494/
Sojkić73272/
Džekić73194/
Scekic73140/
Šetkić73138/
Sejkic7389/
Sekich7365/
Sekits7316/
Giskić7315/
Šeškić735/
Sekhic733/
Sajkić733/
Ceskić732/
Đjekić732/
Sokoić732/
Shakić732/
Zejkić732/
Sujkić731/
Šcekić731/
Rzekieć6739/
Zsekits673/

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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 Sekić
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