Sekkiou Surname

344,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Sekkiou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekkiou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria9741:39,6637,135
France741:897,604104,173
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Sekkiou Last Name Facts

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

Sekkiou has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekkiou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 344,115th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,842,766 people. The surname Sekkiou is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sekkiou reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 91 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 974 people, or 1 in 39,663. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Khenchela Province, where 70 percent reside, Mascara Province, where 20 percent reside and Tébessa Province, where 8 percent reside. Other than Algeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekiou921,789/
Sekhiou861/
Sekiu8310/
Sekheiou801/
Sikiou774/
Sekoiu772/
Sekoju771/
Seikiu771/
Sekyou771/
Shekiu771/
Sikkiu771/
Shekihu715/
Seakhiu711/
Sekiuss711/
Sekyu6717/
Sikiu6711/
Chekkoju674/
Sekkujju672/
Shekchiu671/

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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 Sekkiou
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