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 last name Nekete is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,159,732nd most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nekete are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 79,991. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 76 percent live, Harare Province, where 13 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Nekete
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