Sekope Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sekope Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekope Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho201:101,62811,096
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Sekope (405) may also be a first name.

Sekope Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekope occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekope? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Sekope reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 428,575th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 405 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 101,628. In Lesotho Sekope is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 55 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 40 percent live and Berea District, where 5 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 18 percent live and Botswana, where 12 percent live.

Sekope Last Name Statistics demography

Sekope earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.6% less than the national average, earning R 172,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekoupe9227/
Sekopet9218/
Sekgope9215/
Sekop9150/
Sekopa83955/
Sekepe83917/
Sekape8375/
Sokope8323/
Shekop8314/
Sakope8313/
Sikope838/
Gekope835/
Jekope835/
Sekopi835/
Siekop831/
Seukop831/
Sekgopi771,144/
Sekhopa7735/
Siekape7718/
Seekopp7714/
Secoper774/
Shakope772/
Sek'opa771/
Shekape771/
Sokopee771/
Seekape771/
Sekhape771/
Sekephe771/
Sekoopi771/
Shetkop770/
Sekap73118/
Secop73106/
Sikop7374/
Sekob732/
Cekop731/
Sokoipei71273/
Sekhopha71159/
Sekhaphe716/
Shakopee716/
Shekapet714/
Sekapeth712/
Seckepea711/
Sikhophe711/
Siekeupe711/
Shakopey711/
Sikepe67397/
Sikape67191/
Seykov67108/
Sakape6758/
Sekhap6751/
Sokopi6750/
Sekepi6748/
Seukap6742/
Sekapa6731/
Gikope6729/
Sekhov6728/
Sekapp6719/
Sikopi6719/
Sokape6715/
Seikov6715/
Sekapi6715/
Zsekov6714/
Sakopi6714/
Jecope6711/
Shikop676/
Sikopa675/
Sokepe674/
Sekoub674/
Shekap674/
Shekapeth674/
Secopa673/
Seikap673/
Sekhapeth672/
Segkob671/
Saykeopey671/
Seekaphet671/
Sacope671/
Siekov671/
Seakap671/
Socope671/
Sakepe671/
Sykopa671/
Secopi671/
Zikope671/
Shockopie670/

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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 Sekope
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