Sekwe Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Sekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
South Africa921:588,88845,159
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sekwe (41) may also be a first name.

Sekwe Last Name Facts

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

Sekwe has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 937,786th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekwe are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sekwe is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 41 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Sekwe Last Name Statistics demography

Sekwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.34% less than the national average, earning R 139,404 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ssekwe91291/
Sekgwe9149/
Seakwe9120/
Sekwei9111/
Siekwe912/
Sekweu911/
Sekwet911/
Seukwe911/
Seakgwe83127/
Seakhwe8312/
Siekhwe831/
Seankwe831/
Sakwe8012,740/
Segwe80954/
Sikwe80672/
Sekwa80659/
Sokwe8094/
Secwe8038/
Sekue8019/
Jekwe8014/
Sekwi808/
Zekwe802/
Seakw801/
Seakhwhe771/
Shekwa731,212/
Saekue73372/
Shokwe73354/
Sekgwa73307/
Shikwe73293/
Shekue73284/
Sekwai73128/
Shakwe7351/
Seakwa7346/
Sekuie7323/
Seekue7323/
Sokwei7321/
Secweh7315/
Sakgwe7311/
Seakew7310/
Sakwei739/
Ssakwe737/
Sokwue736/
Seekew734/
Ssekwa734/
Seecwe734/
Siekue732/
Sakwue732/
Seekwa732/
Sikhwe732/
Sidkwe731/
Soekue731/
Seugwe731/
Sakwea731/
Seegwe731/
Segweu731/
Seagwe731/
Seekwi731/
Shegwe731/
Seekhw731/
Secwet731/
Sheekw731/
Shekwi731/
Sehkwa731/
Sakweh731/
Sakwee731/
Sokwee731/
Jekwue731/
Zekwed731/
Seakgwa67357/
Saekuey6735/
Saykwee6715/
Sackwie6712/
Sheakwa675/
Shakwei674/
Saekuea674/
Sikewei673/
Sekueyi673/
Seekuea673/
Seekhew673/
Seakuey672/
Shokwei672/
Shenkwi671/
Shekwai671/
Seingwe671/
Chekwea671/
Cekw671/
Zeakwea671/
Shekuey671/
Saekwoy671/
Seehkwa671/
Shikwea671/
Sackweh671/
Segkoue671/
Seigwei671/
Sekouey671/
Djekwei671/
Secw671/
Sheekue671/
Chekweh671/
Zeckwer670/

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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 Sekwe
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