Itseke Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Itseke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Itseke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1201:441,18030,663
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Itseke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Itseke occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Itseke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Itseke live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 441,180. In Tanzania Itseke is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Itsike8366/
Itsake8327/
Utseke8311/
Etseke838/
Itseki834/
Hoitsek779/
Itsheki774/
Oitsekh774/
Itsieki772/
Etsekeu771/
Hetseke771/
Itshike771/
Itzek73180/
Izeke7324/
Itsik7319/
Iceke7310/
Heitsiek7114/
Itsekhai717/
Itshieki711/
Hetsekei711/
Ezieke671,271/
Etsike67306/
Icheke6764/
Etjeke6764/
Itshik6741/
Hitzek6732/
Isczek6722/
Aizeke6721/
Itzeck6718/
Iezike6710/
Itczek678/
Itsika677/
Idsiek676/
Itsoki674/
Izieke672/
Itsaki672/
Eizeke671/
Izeake671/
Itchek671/
Etseki671/
Gitsik671/
Jitsik671/
Hitzsehky671/
Idzeke671/
Etseka671/
Yizeke671/
Izekee671/
Izoeke671/
Etshek671/

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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 Itseke
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