Mitumba Surname

274,840th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mitumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mitumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8401:63,0266,722
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
DR Congo2601:284,15226,288
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mitumba (104) may also be a first name.

Mitumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mitumba is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mitumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 274,840th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,157,499 people. The surname Mitumba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mitumba are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most frequent first name globally It is held by 104 people.

The surname Mitumba is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 63,026. In Tanzania Mitumba is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 23 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 18 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 20 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mitoumba934/
Maitumba931/
Mithumba931/
Mutumba8615,451/
Metumba86114/
Mitumbi8642/
Mitumbe865/
Mitomba864/
Mitimba862/
Mitumbo861/
Mithumbhai823/
Maitumbi80103/
Muitumwa8034/
Muthumba8021/
Mitoumbi8018/
Mitoumbe8010/
Mutuumba807/
Metoumba805/
Muttumba803/
Mutuimba802/
Maitomba801/
Mitoumby801/
Midtimbay751/
Maitoumbi751/
Mutimba7111,381/
Mutumbo71235/
Mitombe71151/
Mitombo7176/
Mitombi7127/
Metomba7113/
Mitimbo717/
Metimba713/
Mitonba712/
Mutunba711/
Muthimba6776/
Maitombo6758/
Maitunbi6714/
Mutimbai6710/
Mutumboi675/
Muthumbo673/
Maitombi671/
Mutimbah671/
Mutuembo671/

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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 Mitumba
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