Mdeke Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Mdeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 552 | 1:95,909 | 9,535 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mdeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mdeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mdeke occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 568,972nd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdeke are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mdeke is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 552 people, or 1 in 95,909. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 39 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 23 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 22 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmdeke | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mdeka | 80 | 1,389 | / |
| Mdake | 80 | 171 | / |
| Mdike | 80 | 70 | / |
| Mdeki | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mdoke | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mdeek | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mdeeq | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mdeck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mdeche | 73 | 320 | / |
| Mdiker | 73 | 204 | / |
| Mdekha | 73 | 88 | / |
| Mdekaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mdeika | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmdike | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Deik | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Deick | 67 | 3 | / |
| M'Deika | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mdik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdhekoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdeekhh | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Deche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdeigue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mdeke
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