Mkuba Surname

680,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 437 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mkuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2181:248,52225,292
Kenya1271:363,62121,126
Tanzania911:581,77636,762
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mkuba (11) may also be a first name.

Mkuba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mkuba is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mkuba.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkuba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 680,882nd most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name Mkuba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkuba live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 11 people.

The last name Mkuba is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 248,522. In South Africa Mkuba is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 12 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Tanzania, where 21 percent are found.

Mkuba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Mkuba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.34% less than the national average, earning R 118,020 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhuba91118/
Mkubha911/
Mkhubad8317/
Mkhubha831/
Mkubaya831/
Mkoba804,344/
Mkiba8088/
Mkubo8033/
Mkubi809/
Mkube804/
Mkhoba7337/
Mkhubo736/
Mkobaa736/
Mkubho734/
Mkuhbo733/
Mkhube732/
Mkobah731/
Mkhiba731/
Mqhuba731/
Mqguba731/
Mgcuba731/
Mkibah731/
Mkuubi731/
McKuby730/
Mkouboi67663/
Mkumpha67498/
Mckubie676/
Mgkhubo671/
Mkeubou671/
McKuiby670/
McKuber670/

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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 Mkuba
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