Mleke Surname
Approximately 1,238 people bear this surname
Mleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,055 | 1:50,182 | 5,570 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mleke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻪ) occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mleke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 305,641st most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,886,548 people. Mleke is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mleke reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,055 people, or 1 in 50,182. In Tanzania Mleke is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 41 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 20 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mleke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mleke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻪ | malkh | - |
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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 Mleke
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