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 is most common in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Teketeke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Teketeke is the 926,175th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name Teketeke occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Teketeke reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 31 people.

The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live.

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
  • 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 Teketeke
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