Mketo Surname

92,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mketo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mketo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,7891:13,9721,822
South Africa1,3781:39,3165,059
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mketo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mketo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mketo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mketo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 92,124th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,404,151 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mketo reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mketo is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,789 people, or 1 in 13,972. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 38 percent live, Lindi Region, where 27 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Mketo Last Name Statistics demography

Mketo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.04% less than the national average, earning R 102,084 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mketto91248/
Mketho9195/
Mkheto9143/
McKeto918/
Mkqeto911/
Mkhetho83358/
Mkqetho836/
Mkhetoa831/
Mkettoh831/
Mkoto80422/
Mkato8011/
Mketa806/
Mqeto802/
Mkito802/
Mk'hetho774/
Mkhito73131/
McKeta7369/
McKito7353/
Mcheto7319/
Mkhoto7316/
Mkotto7312/
Mkitho732/
Mqetho732/
Mkhato732/
Mkotoi732/
Mketha731/
Mkohto731/
Mkheta731/
Mcketouch711/
McKetta6761/
Mkhatho678/
Mkhotho674/
Mkahato673/
Mkhohto671/
Mgqetho671/
Mckitto671/
Mkhetha671/
Mchetto671/

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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 Mketo
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