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
Mleke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻪ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mleke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mleke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 305,641st most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,886,548 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mleke are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,055 people, or 1 in 50,182. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 41 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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
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- 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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