Sekoetja Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Sekoetja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 48 | 1:42,345 | 7,084 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Sekoetja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekoetja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekoetja is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekoetja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sekoetja is the 2,689,253rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Sekoetja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekoetja live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 42,345. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 79 percent are found, Berea District, where 10 percent are found and Leribe District, where 10 percent are found. Beside Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekotja | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sekoeja | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sekatja | 80 | 2 | / |
| Seketya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soekotjo | 75 | 380 | / |
| Sekethia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sheketia | 75 | 0 | / |
| Shekeytia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shekethia | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sakotia | 67 | 17 | / |
| Seketio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sikhotya | 63 | 6 | / |
| Soekotio | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sakatija | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sakethia | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shaketia | 63 | 0 | / |
| Sakatia | 53 | 6 | / |
| Sikutya | 53 | 5 | / |
| Sekatyo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Soqatia | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zokotjo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Saketio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sacotia | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shakatya | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sekoetja
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