Mteche Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mteche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mteche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Mteche Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mteche is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mteche.

How Common Is The Last Name Mteche? popularity and diffusion

Mteche is the 1,239,697th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. Mteche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteche are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mteche is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Apart from Malawi Mteche is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtieche922/
Mtech919/
Mtache832/
Mteshe831/
Mtec802/
Mtaiche772/
Mtochea771/
Mticher771/
Mtayche771/
Mteke73385/
Mtege73303/
Mteej7317/
Mtese7313/
Mteze732/
Mtich731/
Mtesh731/
M'Taiche714/
Mdtetshe711/
Mtischer711/
Mtachi671,043/
Mtesha67385/
Mtochi67169/
Mtishe6760/
Mteshi6739/
Mthezi6713/
Mtheka6710/
Mticha674/
Mtheus672/
Mteesh671/
Mtheki671/
Mthesa671/
Mtichi671/
Mmtesh671/
Mtizhe671/
M'Teke671/

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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 Mteche
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