Sekwa Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Sekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 288 | 1:183,825 | 15,940 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sekwa (578) may also be a first name.
Sekwa Demographics
Average Sekwa Salary in
South Africa
R 62,748
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sekwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 499,597th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekwa live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,378th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 578 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 183,825. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 65 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 25 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
Sekwa Last Name Statistics demography
Sekwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.6% less than the national average, earning R 62,748 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
- 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 Sekwa
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