Mtakwa Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Mtakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 72 | 1:214,420 | 24,333 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Mtakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtakwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtakwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,315,412th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Mtakwa is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mtakwa live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 637,851. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 5 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent live and New Zealand, where 4 percent live.
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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 Mtakwa
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