Mpekethu Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Mpekethu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 497 | 1:92,917 | 8,312 |
Mpekethu (144) may also be a first name.
Mpekethu Demographics
Mpekethu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mpekethu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpekethu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpekethu is most common in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpekethu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 618,896th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Mpekethu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpekethu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mpekethu is also the 769,375th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 144 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 92,917. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Meru County, where 99 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 1 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 0 percent are found.
Mpekethu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mpekethu
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