Muketiwa Surname

327,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muketiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muketiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,1071:13,9461,916
Zambia211:754,75827,278
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muketiwa (605) may also be a first name.

Muketiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muketiwa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Muketiwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muketiwa? popularity and diffusion

Muketiwa is the 327,420th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,426,407 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muketiwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muketiwa is also the 339,798th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 605 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,107 people, or 1 in 13,946. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 34 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 24 percent reside and Harare Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muketiwha942/
Muketihwa941/
Mukhethiwa8915/
Mukotiwa8816/
Mukatiwa883/
Moketiwa881/
Mukotywa7510/
Muchetywa711/
Mukhathuwa671/
Muchitywa593/
Mikiteva502/

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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 Muketiwa
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