Mseteka Surname

81,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mseteka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mseteka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3,8171:4,485624
Zambia2,0371:7,781927
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Zimbabwe241:643,26047,966
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mseteka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mseteka is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mseteka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 81,646th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,225,415 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mseteka reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 3,817 people, or 1 in 4,485. Apart from Malawi Mseteka is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 34 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Mseteka Last Name Statistics demography

Mseteka earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.45% less than the national average, earning R 217,560 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
M'Seteka9310/
Mseteke862/
Msateka861/
Mgeteka861/
Mzoteka712/
Msataka711/
Mchiteka678/
Mzotheka672/
Mciteko572/
Mchitika53144/

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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 Mseteka
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