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 last name Mtefu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtefu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,415,499th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mtefu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mtefu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 65 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 22 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania Mtefu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Mtefu
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