Mitema Surname

255,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mitema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mitema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8531:54,1385,425
Tanzania6181:85,6668,702
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Mitema (152) may also be a first name.

Mitema Last Name Facts

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

Mitema occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mitema click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mitema? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 255,091st most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,710,760 people. Mitema is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mitema are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mitema is also the 746,252nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 152 people.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 853 people, or 1 in 54,138. In Kenya Mitema is most common in: Nyamira County, where 63 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 11 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 40 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Mitema Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mitaema923/
Maitema922/
Mittema921/
Mitemas921/
Maitemga8671/
Mittaema861/
Maitemma861/
Mutema8312,031/
Mitoma834,289/
Mitima833,988/
Mitama83470/
Metema8313/
Mitemi832/
Miteme831/
Mitthemma801/
Maitama772,816/
Muthema77353/
Mutemah7724/
Mutemma7715/
Mgitima7714/
Meitama7711/
Mitemey779/
Maitima778/
Maitoma775/
Mithemo774/
Metemas773/
Mittima772/
Mitheme772/
Mitimai772/
Mithoma771/
Mutiema771/
Mituima771/
Midtima771/
Moitima771/
Muitama771/
Mitemei771/
Metiema771/
Metemga771/
Muteema771/
Muteuma771/
Muttema771/
Mutemha771/
Mettema771/
Methema771/
Mitimga771/
Muttemma71237/
Maithima71208/
Muthemma7182/
Mithamma717/
Maitamma714/
Mithemis714/
Maaitama712/
Mistemer712/
Mithimma711/
Maitimaa711/
Maitemer710/
Mutima672,498/
Mutama672,332/
Mutoma671,101/
Mitomo67377/
Metemi67225/
Metama67185/
Mutemo67120/
Metoma6741/
Mitimi6731/
Meteme6729/
Mitimo6722/
Metemo6717/
Metima6713/
Mutthemma673/
Mitamo672/
Muttemmah671/
Muthtemma671/
Mestemach671/

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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 Mitema
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