Deketeke Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Deketeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deketeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1331:116,07715,782
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Deketeke Last Name Facts

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

Deketeke is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Deketeke.

How Common Is The Last Name Deketeke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deketeke is the 1,527,735th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Deketeke reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Deketeke is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 116,077. In Zimbabwe Deketeke is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 50 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 35 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teketeke88285/
Daketeke882/
Tekteke8018/
Teketek801/
Dikoteke751,772/
Dekeidek758/
Tekateke754/
Teketeka751/
Dekdek713/
Deke Wa Deke701/
Dagteke6751/
Taketek6711/
Dekatok673/
Dehktak671/
Dktk671/
Dağteke671/
Teketkh671/
Dekdeuk671/
Dekdoke671/
Dektyuk671/
Dicetek671/
Decoteakj592/

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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 Deketeke
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