Mkaku Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mkaku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5601:94,5399,423
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Mkaku Last Name Facts

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

Mkaku occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkaku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 559,180th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkaku reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 560 people, or 1 in 94,539. In Tanzania it is most common in: Singida Region, where 58 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 23 percent live and Manyara Region, where 15 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mkaku is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkaukau831/
Mcaku8014/
Mkeku803/
Mkokeu7311/
Mkhoku734/
Mkheku732/
Mkokou731/
Mkhaukhau713/
Mkokheu671/
Mqeku60115/
Mqoku601/
Mgqeku5562/
Mqheku5532/
Mkokoe551/
Mqhakoe501/
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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 Mkaku
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