Nekete Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Nekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 193 | 1:79,991 | 11,722 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nekete is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,159,732nd most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nekete live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 79,991. In Zimbabwe Nekete is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 76 percent reside, Harare Province, where 13 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Nekete
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