Mkefu Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Mkefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkefu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mkefu Last Name Facts

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

Mkefu has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkefu? popularity and diffusion

Mkefu is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Mkefu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkefu live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, Western Cape, where 30 percent live and North West, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa Mkefu is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Mkefu Last Name Statistics demography

Mkefu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.37% less than the national average, earning R 65,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhefu9110/
Mkafu80107/
Mkofu805/
Mkhafu73172/
Mkiffeu671/
Mcofu604/
McAfu601/
Mqofu601/
Mkhaphu502/
Mqapheu501/

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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 Mkefu
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