Šeketa Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Šeketa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 352 | 1:10,047 | 2,018 |
| Croatia | 219 | 1:19,309 | 3,987 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Seketa (653) are calculated separately.
Šeketa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šeketa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šeketa occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Seketa. Click here to see other potential spellings of Šeketa.
How Common Is The Last Name Šeketa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šeketa is the 554,992nd most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šeketa live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Šeketa is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 10,047. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Barring Bosnia and Herzegovina it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 38 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seketa | 94 | 653 | / |
| Ceketa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Šaketa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Šiketa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sheketa | 77 | 637 | / |
| Sekieta | 77 | 216 | / |
| Secketa | 77 | 32 | / |
| Sekoeta | 77 | 31 | / |
| Seketea | 77 | 10 | / |
| Çeketay | 77 | 8 | / |
| Sekeita | 77 | 8 | / |
| Seketai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Seketha | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sekheta | 77 | 5 | / |
| Seaketa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Szeketa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sekeeta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ceketha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seketay | 77 | 0 | / |
| Szekieta | 71 | 34 | / |
| Sekhetha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sheketha | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sheketta | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sekita | 67 | 8,269 | / |
| Sekete | 67 | 5,658 | / |
| Saketa | 67 | 2,215 | / |
| Šakota | 67 | 1,018 | / |
| Seketi | 67 | 332 | / |
| Siketa | 67 | 210 | / |
| Sekota | 67 | 199 | / |
| Seceta | 67 | 196 | / |
| Seketo | 67 | 173 | / |
| Sekata | 67 | 154 | / |
| Seqeta | 67 | 36 | / |
| Syketa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Cekete | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ceceta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sekyta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shekeitha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeketi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šikota | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soketa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ciketa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cekita | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekietha | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Šeketa
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