Mtamba Surname

241,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mtamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8101:21,1353,253
Tanzania7171:73,8387,689
Zimbabwe691:223,74325,019
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mtamba (20) may also be a first name.

Mtamba Last Name Facts

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

Mtamba has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mtamba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 241,646th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,408,679 people. Mtamba is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtamba reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.

The last name Mtamba is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 43 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtaumba924/
Mtambaa922/
Mthamba921/
Mtaemba921/
M'Tamba921/
Mtambo8354,714/
Mtemba83904/
Mtambi83878/
Mtambe83345/
Mtomba83230/
Mtamwa83173/
Mthambo77318/
Mthemba77139/
Mtamber7754/
Mthambe7722/
M'Tambo7713/
Mhtambo773/
Mthambi773/
Mtamboh773/
Mtembai772/
Mmtambo772/
Mtoumba772/
Mtombaa771/
Mtanmbo771/
Mthembau711/
Mtembo671,257/
Mtombo67346/
Mtombe6773/
Mtombi6741/
Mtanbo673/
Mthombo621,024/
Mtembei62860/
Mthembo62573/
Mthombe623/
Mtoumbi621/
M'Tombo621/
Mthombi621/
Mthemboo571/
Mthombei571/
Mtoumbou571/
Mthomboth531/
Mtomve507/
Mtomwa504/
Mtonwa501/

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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 Mtamba
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