Mgeleka Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Mgeleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 648 | 1:81,700 | 8,371 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mgeleka (145) may also be a first name.
Mgeleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgeleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgeleka occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mgeleka.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgeleka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 504,985th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. Mgeleka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgeleka are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 766,399th most common given name globally, borne by 145 people.
The surname Mgeleka is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 648 people, or 1 in 81,700. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 82 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 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
- 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 Mgeleka
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