Mbekeni Surname

231,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mbekeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbekeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,7351:31,2264,008
England71:7,959,723202,100
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mbekeni (1,601) may also be a first name.

Mbekeni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbekeni is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mbekeni.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbekeni? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 231,565th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,176,244 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbekeni are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mbekeni is also the 193,128th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 1,601 people.

Mbekeni is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,735 people, or 1 in 31,226. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent reside, Western Cape, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Mbekeni Last Name Statistics demography

Mbekeni earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.02% less than the national average, earning R 166,296 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
  • 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 Mbekeni
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