Mbeke Surname
Approximately 5,433 people bear this surname
Mbeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,204 | 1:20,953 | 2,411 |
| Nigeria | 1,472 | 1:120,342 | 7,945 |
| Cameroon | 790 | 1:26,290 | 3,583 |
| DR Congo | 554 | 1:133,357 | 14,248 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| Congo | 118 | 1:42,280 | 3,996 |
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Mbeke (1,013) may also be a first name.
Mbeke Demographics
Average Mbeke Salary in
South Africa
R 87,264
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbeke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻜﻪ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mbeke.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbeke is the 88,409th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,341,348 people. Mbeke is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbeke reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mbeke is also the 252,483rd most numerous first name globally, held by 1,013 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,204 people, or 1 in 20,953. In Kenya Mbeke is primarily concentrated in: Machakos County, where 46 percent reside, Makueni County, where 15 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.
Mbeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
Mbeke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.28% less than the national average, earning R 87,264 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbeke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbeke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﻜﻪ | ambkh | - |
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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 Mbeke
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