Mketu Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mketu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mketu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mketu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mketu is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mketu? popularity and diffusion
Mketu is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mketu live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Mketu
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