Sekwele Surname

301,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname

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

Sekwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2531:43,2385,520
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Sekwele (182) may also be a first name.

Sekwele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekwele is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sekwele is the 301,477th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sekwele reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 675,152nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 182 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,253 people, or 1 in 43,238. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 51 percent are found, North West, where 23 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Sekwele Last Name Statistics demography

Sekwele earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.46% less than the national average, earning R 196,140 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekgwele93388/
Sekhwele9322/
Sekwelea931/
Sekgwelea88333/
Sekhwelea886/
Sekwale86220/
Sekwela86193/
Segwele86165/
Sikwele86140/
Sokwele8679/
Sekwile8617/
Sakwele8616/
Seqwele865/
Sheikhwele821/
Sekgwela80198/
Sikwehle8039/
Shikwele803/
Sikhwele803/
Shokwele802/
Sekuhele802/
Sekgwale802/
Sokwehle801/
Sekgwile801/
Segwelea801/
Sekwaile801/
Shekwell800/
Sekgwahle753/
Shekuhele751/
Sikwela71853/
Sakweli71491/
Sikwale71366/
Segwale71290/
Sigwele71213/
Sikuele71144/
Sekwili7142/
Seguele7139/
Siqwele7118/
Sicwele7111/
Segbele7110/
Sekwila717/
Secwela717/
Sikweli717/
Sakwale715/
Zecwele714/
Zikwele713/
Sagwele712/
Sequele712/
Zekweli712/
Sogwele711/
Sekwaly711/
Shikwel711/
Seqwale711/
Sikwile711/
Segwela711/
Sekwaila67836/
Shakwale6759/
Secueles6749/
Segwahle6726/
Shigwele6721/
Sigcwele6718/
Sequeles6718/
Sikgwela677/
Shikwela673/
Sikwehla672/
Sequelez671/
Seguelea671/
Sikhweli671/
Sequelle671/
Sickwell670/

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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 Sekwele
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