Mistake Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mistake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mistake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Mistake (293) may also be a first name.

Mistake Last Name Facts

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

Mistake occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mistake.

How Common Is The Last Name Mistake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Mistake occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mistake live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 515,650th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 293 people.

The surname Mistake is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Mistake is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 88 percent are found, Harare Province, where 6 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 6 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Mistake
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