Sekwae Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sekwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Sekwae Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sekwae occurs most in Lesotho. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwae? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sekwae is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekwae live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho it is most common in: Mafeteng District, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent are found and Botswana, where 17 percent are found.

Sekwae Last Name Statistics demography

Sekwae earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.57% less than the national average, earning R 43,800 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Segwae834/
Sikwae833/
Cekwae832/
Jekwae831/
Sekweu831/
Sikwaae7713/
Sekwahi779/
Saekuae774/
Chekwae772/
Saekwoe771/
Sikwa'ae71134/
Seakgwoe711/
Sekuai673/
Segweu671/
Ssekwajja671/
Shekwohea671/
Segbae671/

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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 Sekwae
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