Sesela Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Sesela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 161 | 1:328,830 | 24,745 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sesela (65) may also be a first name.
Sesela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sesela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sesela is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sesela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sesela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,177,228th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Sesela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sesela live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sesela is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 328,830. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 2 percent reside and Mara Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Sesela
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