Sekyere Surname

34,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Sekyere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekyere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana15,1011:1,789302
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
England1031:540,95233,556
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
France31:22,140,907385,998
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Sekyere (1,708) may also be a first name.

Sekyere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekyere is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sekyere.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekyere? popularity and diffusion

It is the 34,390th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 472,818 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekyere reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sekyere is also the 185,866th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 1,708 people.

It is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 15,101 people, or 1 in 1,789. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Sekyere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sekyere are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.09% registered with the party.

The amount Sekyere earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 25.56% less than the national average, earning $32,121 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.46% less than the national average, earning $42,004 CAD per year.

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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 Sekyere
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