Mkelemi Surname

514,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkelemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkelemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6331:83,6368,535
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mkelemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mkelemi is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mkelemi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkelemi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 514,102nd most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 11,476,450 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkelemi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 83,636. In Tanzania Mkelemi is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 49 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkelemy861/
Mchelemi80485/
Mkolomi71177/
Mkalami7175/
Mkilema716/
Mkelame714/
Mkalimi713/
McElemy711/
Mchelemy671/
McElemey671/
Mkhalimi671/
McElhemy670/
Mkilima57949/
McIlhemy530/
McElhimy530/
McElhimey500/

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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 Mkelemi
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