Sekonyela Surname

86,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sekonyela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekonyela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3,2171:63227
South Africa2,3201:23,3522,969
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Sekonyela (899) may also be a first name.

Sekonyela Last Name Facts

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

Sekonyela is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sekonyela.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekonyela? popularity and diffusion

Sekonyela is the 86,860th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,314,730 people. The surname Sekonyela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekonyela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 270,832nd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 899 people.

This last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 3,217 people, or 1 in 632. In Lesotho Sekonyela is primarily concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 25 percent are found, Maseru District, where 19 percent are found and Thaba-Tseka District, where 17 percent are found. Barring Lesotho Sekonyela exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 42 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Sekonyela Last Name Statistics demography

Sekonyela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.07% less than the national average, earning R 144,792 per year.

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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 Sekonyela
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