Sekou Surname
Approximately 18,550 people bear this surname
Sekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6,866 | 1:3,360 | 320 |
| Benin | 4,172 | 1:2,477 | 296 |
| Togo | 2,205 | 1:3,287 | 494 |
| Niger | 2,142 | 1:8,960 | 690 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Liberia | 601 | 1:7,335 | 864 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Burkina Faso | 167 | 1:109,893 | 3,305 |
| Cameroon | 145 | 1:143,235 | 15,918 |
| France | 74 | 1:897,604 | 104,173 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Guinea | 34 | 1:348,053 | 1,137 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Sékou (1) are calculated separately.
Sekou (215,902) may also be a first name.
Sekou Demographics
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Sekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekou (Arabic: سيكو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻜﻮ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Sékou. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekou? popularity and diffusion
Sekou is the 28,951st most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 392,860 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sekou live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,849th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 215,902 people.
Sekou is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 6,866 people, or 1 in 3,360. In The Ivory Coast Sekou is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent are found, Montagnes District, where 19 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast it exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent are found and Togo, where 12 percent are found.
Sekou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sekou surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Sekou earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.55% less than the national average, earning $32,558 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻜﻮ | sykw | 60 |
| ﺳﻜﻮ | skw | 40 |
| Sekou in the Arabic language | ||
| سيكو | sykw | - |
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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 Sekou
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