Sekwo Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Sekwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sekwo (4) may also be a first name.

Sekwo Last Name Facts

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

Sekwo is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sekwo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekwo reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sekwo is also the 6,192,526th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 4 people.

The last name Sekwo is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 18,352,100. In Burkina Faso Sekwo is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Burkina Faso this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saekwo91636/
Shekwo91120/
Soekwo911/
Seikwo911/
Saekwoy831/
Saekkwo831/
Sokwo80967/
Sekwa80659/
Sikwo8017/
Segwo8015/
Sakwo808/
Sekuo802/
Zekwo801/
Seakwood772/
Seckwood770/
Shekwa731,212/
Sekgwa73307/
Seakwa7346/
Seugwo7326/
Shokwo7317/
Saekuo739/
Sokkwo737/
Zhekwo736/
Saekwa735/
Ssekwa734/
Jekwoh734/
Shakwo733/
Segwou732/
Saikwo732/
Seekwa732/
Sehkwa731/
Sekwad731/
Saegwo731/
Sxekwa731/
Soekwa731/
Sekweu731/
Seukwa731/
Seakgwa67357/
Seakhwa6710/
Sheakwa675/
Chekwoi673/
Sikwood672/
Chekwot672/
Soykewo671/
Seugwou671/
Seehkwa671/
Seekhwa671/
Chekwuo671/
Shokwoi671/
Seikwah671/
Saekuoy671/

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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 Sekwo
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