Teketeke Surname

926,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Teketeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teketeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Tanzania761:696,60040,185
Zimbabwe651:237,51126,018
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Teketeke (31) may also be a first name.

Teketeke Last Name Facts

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

Teketeke occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Teketeke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 926,175th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Teketeke live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Teketeke is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 31 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi Teketeke occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teketek931/
Theketheke891/
Teketeka881/
Tekitek8027/
Toketoke7529/
Tiketike7512/
Taketake755/
Tekiteki754/
Tiketeka751/
Ticketeck711/
Tekistekis6763/
Tikestikes672/
Tikitik532/
Takitaki5057/
Tikitiki5052/
Takatoki5035/
Takataki5011/
Tekateke504/
Takitiki501/

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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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  • 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 Teketeke
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