Muketela Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Muketela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Muketela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia871:27,6944,331
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680

Muketela (53) may also be a first name.

Muketela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muketela is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muketela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muketela is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Muketela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muketela live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.

It is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 27,694. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Zambezi Region, where 99 percent are found and Kavango East Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia Muketela exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukatela8825/
Moketela881/
Mukathela821/
Mukatala7568/
Mukotola7510/
Mukitala753/
Mukatola752/
Moketeli752/
Mukitila751/
Mukathala713/
Mukkatala711/
Mukhathala671/
Mukotolo6311/
Mikatala637/
Moketile631/
Mukitilo631/
Mikityla631/
Mikotalo503/
Mikitalo501/
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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 Muketela
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