Sekwane Surname

362,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sekwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9931:54,5606,934
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sekwane (19) may also be a first name.

Sekwane Last Name Facts

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

Sekwane is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 362,542nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. The last name Sekwane is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekwane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sekwane is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 993 people, or 1 in 54,560. In South Africa Sekwane is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 47 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Limpopo, where 14 percent reside. Besides South Africa Sekwane occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.

Sekwane Last Name Statistics demography

Sekwane earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.02% more than the national average, earning R 442,056 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 Sekwane
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