Mtekele Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Mtekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mtekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtekele is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtekele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 809,613th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. Mtekele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtekele are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mtekele is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Mtekele is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 48 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 24 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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