Manyeke Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Manyeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Manyeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4291:126,28814,857
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Manyeke (17) may also be a first name.

Manyeke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Manyeke is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Manyeke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 420,074th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Manyeke reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 429 people, or 1 in 126,288. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, North West, where 30 percent reside and Limpopo, where 21 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Botswana, where 6 percent reside.

Manyeke Last Name Statistics demography

Manyeke earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44% less than the national average, earning R 133,080 per year.

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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 Manyeke
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