Teketa Surname

494,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Teketa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teketa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5121:105,81612,779
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Lesotho301:67,7529,213
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Teketa (64) may also be a first name.

Teketa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Teketa (Oriya: େଟେକଟା, Russian: Текета) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Teketa? popularity and diffusion

Teketa is the 494,499th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,909,500 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Teketa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 64 people.

The surname Teketa is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 105,816. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent are found and Western Cape, where 12 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 16 percent are found and Lesotho, where 4 percent are found.

Teketa Last Name Statistics demography

Teketa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.81% less than the national average, earning R 126,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teketay9227/
Teketai9224/
Tekaeta921/
Teketta921/
Tekeeta921/
Tiekaeta861/
Taketa8393,271/
Teketi831,197/
Tekete83972/
Tekita83178/
Toketa8361/
Tekata839/
Tiketa835/
Teketo831/
Toiketa7745/
Teekete7726/
Teketie7721/
Taekata7718/
Takeita7711/
Takieta779/
Tekketi778/
Teketeh777/
Tieketo777/
Thaketa776/
Takoeta776/
Tekeete775/
Tekaata774/
Thoketa773/
Tiekata773/
Tekotha772/
Tekethi772/
Teaketi771/
Tikketa771/
Tteketi771/
Tikieta771/
Tecceta771/
Tekeeti771/
Teketti771/
Tekieti771/
Tekitaa771/
Theketi771/
Taketta771/
Teketei771/
Tekaeto771/
Tekatta771/
Taketea771/
Tekheti771/
Tekeuti771/
Taketha770/
Thekketath751/
Thekethe7153/
Teiketei7142/
Tequesta717/
Teakatau714/
Taekatta713/
Tekheste711/
Takhetai711/
Tekketti711/
Teykeyti711/
Tekehste711/
Teekeeti711/
Teakeati711/
Teketter710/
Takeitha710/
Thiketta710/
Tokita6722,842/
Tokota671,804/
Tokata67268/
Tikita67220/
Tiketi67112/
Tikota6792/
Tekiti6755/
Tekite6739/
Tekoto6732/
Taketo6729/
Tikata6721/
Tekété674/
Tecata672/
Toketo671/
Tikete671/
Tequeitta671/
Tekato671/
Tykita671/

Teketa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Teketa in the Oriya language
େଟେକଟାetekata-
Teketa in the Russian language
Текетаteketa-

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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
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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 Teketa
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