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 last name Mketu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mketu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mketu reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Mketu is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Iringa Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live.
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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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