Mekuta Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Mekuta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Měkuta (71) are calculated separately.
Mekuta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekuta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekuta occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms: Měkuta. Click here for other potential spellings of Mekuta.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekuta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekuta is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Mekuta are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Mekuta is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa Mekuta exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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 Mekuta
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