Sekste Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sekste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia601:34,1675,221
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Sekste Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekste (Russian: Сексте) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekste? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sekste are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 34,167. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 57 percent live, Vidzeme, where 40 percent live and Latgale, where 3 percent live. Aside from Latvia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seikste924/
Sekster922/
Seksta8317/
Seksts8316/
Jekste837/
Seksti831/
Cekste831/
Schekster801/
Sjakste77125/
Seiksta7719/
Zekster778/
Seiksts776/
Chekste771/
Sykster770/
Sexte733/
Zekst730/
Chekster7161/
Segstedt715/
Szekszti711/
Jekstedt711/
Shegsted711/
Zekhster711/
Zeckster711/
Seickest710/
Sexter67113/
Siksta6750/
Cikste6746/
Zykste671/
Saksti671/
Syksta671/
Shegst671/
Sextie671/
Siksti671/
Sextes670/

Sekste Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sekste in the Russian language
Секстеsekste-

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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 Sekste
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