Komeka Surname
Approximately 820 people bear this surname
Komeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 600 | 1:88,236 | 8,919 |
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Komeka (43) may also be a first name.
Komeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Komeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Komeka occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Komeka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 422,566th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,887,251 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Komeka are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Komeka is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 43 people.
Komeka is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 600 people, or 1 in 88,236. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 31 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 29 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 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 Komeka
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