Mkete Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mkete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mkete (22) may also be a first name.
Mkete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkete is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Mkete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkete live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name Mkete is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkethe | 91 | 7 | / |
| Mkaete | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mkhete | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mqkete | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mket | 89 | 62 | / |
| Mkhethe | 83 | 1 | / |
| McKetey | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mketi | 80 | 359 | / |
| Mkate | 80 | 345 | / |
| Mkote | 80 | 128 | / |
| Mqete | 80 | 51 | / |
| Mcete | 80 | 24 | / |
| Mkite | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mketa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mkeet | 80 | 1 | / |
| McKether | 77 | 24 | / |
| McKeithe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mkhethea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkheiter | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKetter | 77 | 0 | / |
| McKeethe | 77 | 0 | / |
| McKeta | 73 | 69 | / |
| Mckeet | 73 | 66 | / |
| Mkatte | 73 | 19 | / |
| Mkethi | 73 | 15 | / |
| Mkheti | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mkotte | 73 | 3 | / |
| McKeth | 73 | 2 | / |
| McEtee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mkieti | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mgqete | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mgcete | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mqethe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mkhite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mketha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mkheta | 73 | 1 | / |
| McEate | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mkitei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mkotei | 73 | 1 | / |
| McKate | 73 | 1 | / |
| McKett | 73 | 1 | / |
| McKest | 73 | 0 | / |
| McKeat | 73 | 0 | / |
| McKeither | 71 | 26 | / |
| McKeather | 71 | 4 | / |
| M'Kheiter | 71 | 3 | / |
| McKiethie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mkhethi | 67 | 196 | / |
| McKeeth | 67 | 136 | / |
| Mcketty | 67 | 62 | / |
| McKetta | 67 | 61 | / |
| Mqet | 67 | 26 | / |
| McKeets | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mkgethi | 67 | 4 | / |
| McHethe | 67 | 3 | / |
| McKieth | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Kheiteit | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKeitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKetch | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKeutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkhetha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgkeith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mqethei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkhetoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKeath | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKeatt | 67 | 0 | / |
| McKeuty | 67 | 0 | / |
| McKeaty | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mkete
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