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
Mtekele is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mtekele is the 809,613th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Mtekele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtekele reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mtekele is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Iringa Region, where 48 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 24 percent live and Njombe Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mtekele
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