Mfeketo Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

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

Mfeketo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfeketo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9821:55,1717,009
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mfeketo (13) may also be a first name.

Mfeketo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfeketo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfeketo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mfeketo is the 366,000th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,398,524 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfeketo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.

The surname Mfeketo is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 982 people, or 1 in 55,171. In South Africa Mfeketo is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent live, Western Cape, where 21 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mfeketo Last Name Statistics demography

Mfeketo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.03% less than the national average, earning R 114,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfeketho93971/
Nfeketo861/
Mfekito861/
Mfiketo861/
Nfeketho802/
Mfeketha801/
Mfiokito674/
Mfakata5722/
Mphokoto531/
Mphakato531/
Mphakatho505/

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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 Mfeketo
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