Jekela Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Jekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Jekela (13) may also be a first name.
Jekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jekela is most common in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jekela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,310,135th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jekela live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania it is most common in: Njombe Region, where 90 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 5 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Jekela
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