Murekete Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Murekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Murekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murekete occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murekete? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murekete is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Murekete occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murekete are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe Murekete is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 46 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 46 percent reside and Harare Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murekette | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mureketi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Murakete | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murekate | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moreket | 80 | 18 | / |
| Murekit | 80 | 8 | / |
| Maurecette | 78 | 1 | / |
| Murakote | 75 | 13 | / |
| Moreketa | 75 | 12 | / |
| Murakate | 75 | 11 | / |
| Muriketi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murikhet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moorekite | 71 | 17 | / |
| Mauricette | 67 | 891 | / |
| Morekyt | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mouricette | 67 | 4 | / |
| Murikit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Murrigkeit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morekit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muricet | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Murekete
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