Mtae Surname

271,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,4261:37,1264,294
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mtae (57) may also be a first name.

Mtae Last Name Facts

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

Mtae is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtae? popularity and diffusion

Mtae is the 271,821st most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,085,517 people. The last name Mtae occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtae reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mtae is also the 1,308,380th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.

The last name Mtae is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,426 people, or 1 in 37,126. In Tanzania Mtae is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 20 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 16 percent live and Pwani Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtaie893,262/
Mtaer8934/
Mtaye8927/
Mtawe8916/
Mtaje892/
Mthae891/
Mtahe891/
Mtaweh809/
Mtayeh804/
Mtawie804/
Mtaiye802/
Mtawee801/
Mtaoue801/
Mthaye801/
Mtahei801/
M'Taye801/
Mttaye801/
Mtei756,469/
Mtai752,571/
Mtey751,730/
Mtau751,051/
Mtea75268/
Mtee75258/
Mtie75137/
Mtoa7599/
Mtaa7525/
Mtoe7514/
Mtaj7512/
Mtay755/
Mteu753/
Mtye753/
Mtej751/
Mtue751/
Mttawie733/
Mtaya671,995/
Mtiya671,708/
Mtuya671,114/
Mtaji67375/
Mtahu67339/
Mteya67302/
Mtuye67235/
Mtaja67221/
Mtaju67202/
Mtayi67130/
Mtije67121/
Mtoja6765/
Mtowe6764/
Mtoya6759/
Mthai6719/
Mteej6717/
Mtais6712/
Mteyo6711/
Mteyi679/
Mthoa679/
Mhtei676/
Mtiye675/
Mthea675/
Mtuje675/
Mdtaj673/
Mttaa672/
Mhtaj672/
Mtaai672/
Mtahi672/
Mtaia672/
Mtuja672/
Hmtaj671/
Mthau671/
Mteha671/
Mtaoa671/
Mttai671/
Mteit671/
Mtaaj671/
Mthiyahe671/
Mmtaj671/
Mhtaa671/
Mtait671/
Mttie671/
Mtuha671/
Mteyu671/
Mtoua671/
Mttaaweh671/
Mtaiz671/
Mteye671/

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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 Mtae
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