Tekere Surname
Approximately 972 people bear this surname
Tekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 741 | 1:20,834 | 3,105 |
| Botswana | 121 | 1:18,074 | 3,590 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Tekere (43) may also be a first name.
Tekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekere (Marathi: तेकेरे, Oriya: େଟେକେର) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 369,806th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,497,475 people. The last name Tekere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tekere are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name globally, borne by 43 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 741 people, or 1 in 20,834. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 40 percent are found, Harare Province, where 30 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekere in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟେକେର | etekera | - |
| Tekere in the Marathi language | ||
| तेकेरे | tekere | - |
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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
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- 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 Tekere
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