Mkuu Surname
Approximately 784 people bear this surname
Mkuu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 765 | 1:69,205 | 7,295 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mkuu (245) may also be a first name.
Mkuu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkuu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkuu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkuu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mkuu is the 437,497th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,295,339 people. The surname Mkuu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkuu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mkuu is also the 570,604th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 245 people.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 765 people, or 1 in 69,205. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 57 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent are found and Pemba South Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Mkuu
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