Seč Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Seč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1501:47,6334,697
Slovakia421:127,05823,432
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Lithuania41:758,64725,175

The alternate forms: Sec (10,329), Seç (88), Séč (1), Šec (99) & Séc (1) are calculated separately.

Seč Last Name Facts

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

Seč is more commonly found in Serbia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Sec, Seç, Séč, Šec or Séc. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seč? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,121,821st most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Seč reside; 69 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Serbia, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 47,633. In Serbia it is most common in: South Banat District, where 48 percent reside, South Bačka District, where 39 percent reside and North Bačka District, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Serbia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 19 percent reside and Czechia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sec8910,329/
Seç8988/
Séč891/
Sejč8612/
Seič863/
Šec7899/
Séc781/
Sič671,080/
Syč67157/
Síč67142/
Sez6796/
Sečová6751/
Sýč678/

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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 Seč
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