Mtafya Surname
Approximately 21,261 people bear this surname
Mtafya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 19,166 | 1:2,762 | 381 |
| Malawi | 2,091 | 1:8,187 | 1,245 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mtafya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtafya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtafya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mtafya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtafya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mtafya is the 25,382nd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 342,766 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtafya live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 19,166 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 57 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mtafya
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