Sekyere Surname
Approximately 15,413 people bear this surname
Sekyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 15,101 | 1:1,789 | 302 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| England | 103 | 1:540,952 | 33,556 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Sekyere (1,708) may also be a first name.
Sekyere Demographics
Sekyere Political Affiliation
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Sekyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekyere is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekyere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 34,390th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 472,818 people. The last name Sekyere is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sekyere are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sekyere is also the 185,866th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 1,708 people.
It is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 15,101 people, or 1 in 1,789. Barring Ghana it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Sekyere Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sekyere last name 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekyereh | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ssekyere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sekeyere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sekyer | 92 | 23 | / |
| Sekoere | 86 | 386 | / |
| Sekgere | 86 | 44 | / |
| Sekeire | 86 | 8 | / |
| Sekyera | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sekeyre | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shekyer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sekyeraa | 80 | 554 | / |
| Sekyireh | 80 | 8 | / |
| Sekayera | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sekawere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sekuyier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ssekyera | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sekare | 77 | 68 | / |
| Sekire | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sekjer | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sikyer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ssekawere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sekaweree | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shekare | 71 | 2,317 | / |
| Gekiere | 71 | 721 | / |
| Sekhare | 71 | 473 | / |
| Sekiera | 71 | 12 | / |
| Sekeira | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sikoere | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sekeara | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sekeyra | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sekoure | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ssekijjere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Seqyera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekhire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekhier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekkare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jekiere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zekyeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shekire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekaire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seakare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siekiera | 67 | 1,900 | / |
| Shekhare | 67 | 1,524 | / |
| Seakarea | 67 | 39 | / |
| Sheskier | 67 | 37 | / |
| Gekieree | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sequeire | 67 | 12 | / |
| Szekiera | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sekayiri | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sequiere | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shekaree | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zikiyere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seekaree | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sheekare | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sekayira | 67 | 3 | / |
| Seakaree | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekkoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chekiere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekeira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekhger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekueriy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seikoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekiera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shakyire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sikayire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssekijjeere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekayara | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sekyere
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis