Mchele Surname
Approximately 8,121 people bear this surname
Mchele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8,069 | 1:6,561 | 849 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mchele (964) may also be a first name.
Mchele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mchele is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 61,886th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 897,371 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchele live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 259,771st most numerous given name worldwide, held by 964 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 8,069 people, or 1 in 6,561. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 40 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 21 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 13 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Mchele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mchele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mchele surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Mchele
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