Mtefu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Mtefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 148 | 1:357,714 | 26,551 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mtefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtefu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtefu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,415,499th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mtefu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania Mtefu is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 65 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 22 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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
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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
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