Sekweyama Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Sekweyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 145 | 1:269,236 | 19,482 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sekweyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekweyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekweyama is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekweyama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Sekweyama is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sekweyama live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Sekweyama is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 269,236. In Uganda Sekweyama is most frequent in: Kampala District, where 41 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 22 percent are found and Mukono District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ssekweyama | 95 | 487 | / |
| Sikweyama | 89 | 7 | / |
| Sekweyema | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ssikweyama | 84 | 5 | / |
| Ssekwayama | 84 | 4 | / |
| Sekwame | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sakuiyama | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chikweama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seguiyama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shigueyama | 63 | 16 | / |
| Cekwame | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sikwame | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sigueama | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shiguiyama | 53 | 16 | / |
| Seguihiama | 53 | 4 | / |
| Seguame | 50 | 91 | / |
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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 Sekweyama
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