Mbetu Surname
Approximately 1,068 people bear this surname
Mbetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 527 | 1:100,458 | 9,867 |
| Kenya | 281 | 1:164,341 | 12,761 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mbetu (16) may also be a first name.
Mbetu Demographics
Average Mbetu Salary in
South Africa
R 125,280
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbetu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbetu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 343,320th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,823,545 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mbetu live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mbetu is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 100,458. In Tanzania Mbetu is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 72 percent live, Pwani Region, where 27 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Mbetu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbetu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.28% less than the national average, earning R 125,280 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbethu | 91 | 44 | / |
| Mbeteu | 91 | 30 | / |
| Mbetou | 91 | 11 | / |
| Mbehtu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mbeuteu | 83 | 42 | / |
| M'Betou | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mbeutou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mbatu | 80 | 2,138 | / |
| Muetu | 80 | 1,245 | / |
| Mbitu | 80 | 1,015 | / |
| Mwetu | 80 | 789 | / |
| Mbotu | 80 | 42 | / |
| Nbetu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mvetu | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Bettou | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mbeutheu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mbietheu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mbeutteu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbathu | 73 | 409 | / |
| Mbothu | 73 | 357 | / |
| Mbuitu | 73 | 76 | / |
| Muethu | 73 | 42 | / |
| Mwethu | 73 | 35 | / |
| Mbateu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Mbotuh | 73 | 18 | / |
| Mbithu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mbatui | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mbatau | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mbiteu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mbitut | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mbittu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mbattu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mvetou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbetoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbitui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbuytu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboteu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbohtu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbatheu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Muhethu | 67 | 4 | / |
| N'Betou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbathou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbahatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Botou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbotheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbitheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbateuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbatteu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouetou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvetouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbhathu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbetu
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