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
The last name Mchele is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,886th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 897,371 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchele reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mchele is also the 259,771st most widely held given name globally, borne by 964 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8,069 people, or 1 in 6,561. In Tanzania Mchele is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 40 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 21 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Mchele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mchele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mchele last name 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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