Mabutwe Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mabutwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mabutwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia641:247,65515,017
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mabutwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mabutwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabutwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Mabutwe is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mabutwe live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 247,655. In Zambia Mabutwe is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 91 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mabutwa8635/
Mavutwe861/
Mabhutwa808/
Mabotwa718/
Mobutwa714/
Mobudwe711/
Mawuudwe671/
Mabhodwe671/
Mahabudve631/
Movotwe571/

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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 Mabutwe
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