Lutema Surname

85,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lutema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lutema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,5681:9,5081,241
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zambia161:990,62029,787
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lutema (269) may also be a first name.

Lutema Last Name Facts

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

Lutema occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lutema? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 85,791st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,296,716 people. Lutema is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lutema reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Lutema is also the 542,091st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 269 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,568 people, or 1 in 9,508. In Tanzania Lutema is mostly found in: Shinyanga Region, where 21 percent are found, Geita Region, where 20 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Lutema is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luytema924/
Loutema921/
Lutama831,621/
Litema83228/
Lutoma83114/
Lutima8386/
Lotema8345/
Lutemo8329/
Luteme832/
Litiema77321/
Lautama77106/
Lutaama7726/
Luttemo7710/
Liutama776/
Lutimat775/
Luthima774/
Luetama774/
Lutimah772/
Lutamau772/
Loutoma771/
Loutima771/
Lutiemo771/
Lustima771/
Lutimath71276/
Luhtamaa7140/
Luhtimaa7112/
Luthamma714/
Littaema711/
Lotemo67289/
Litama67250/
Litemo67208/
Lutomo67152/
Lutamo6769/
Litoma6751/
Lotima6744/
Litima6724/
Luthimath675/
Loteme671/
Lotemy671/
Lyutimath671/

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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 Lutema
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