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 occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sekwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwele? popularity and diffusion

Sekwele is the 301,477th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname 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 frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 182 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,253 people, or 1 in 43,238. In South Africa it is mostly 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 is found 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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