Mseke Surname

583,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mseke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mseke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5011:105,67210,279
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mseke (10) may also be a first name.

Mseke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mseke (Arabic: مسيكي) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mseke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 583,527th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mseke are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 501 people, or 1 in 105,672. In Tanzania Mseke is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 55 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 18 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Mseke occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msceke911/
Msek892/
M'Seike8374/
Msseike832/
Msseyke831/
Mseikeh831/
Mseka801,054/
Msoke80983/
Msike80403/
Msake8044/
Mshek803/
Mseek803/
Mzeke803/
Mjeke802/
Mseki802/
Mseuk801/
Mseik801/
Msiek801/
Mgeke801/
Mseeq801/
Mssek801/
M'Seicke7726/
M'Sseike772/
Mseche73212/
Mshike7385/
Mseika7362/
Mhsake7361/
Msheik7312/
Mxheke738/
Msheki737/
Mshake735/
Msegue732/
Mcekeh731/
Mtjeke731/
Msseka731/
Mshekh731/
Msekaa731/
McEker731/
M'Seik731/
Mjekhe731/
McEkey730/
McEkie730/
Msik67383/
M'Seika67219/
Msyk6731/
Msseika674/
Mseq674/
Mshakey672/
Mseicka672/
M'Seick672/
Mssegue671/
Mcheike671/
Mgek671/
McEk671/
M'Seiki671/
Msjk671/
Mseg671/

Mseke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mseke in the Arabic language
مسيكيmsyky-

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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 Mseke
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