Mteke Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Mteke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Kenya | 119 | 1:388,066 | 22,003 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mteke Demographics
Mteke Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mteke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mteke is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 746,827th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. Mteke occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteke reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mteke is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Without taking into account Malawi this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
Mteke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mteke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.52% less than the national average, earning R 51,048 per year.
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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 Mteke
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