Mtege Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3021:175,30315,310
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mtege Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtege is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtege? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mtege is the 887,624th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtege are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Mtege is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 175,303. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 42 percent live, Lindi Region, where 39 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthenge834/
Mtezger831/
Mtega8014,679/
Mtese8013/
Mtegi809/
Mteze802/
Mtage802/
Mtoge801/
Mtegha737,021/
Mteche73187/
Mteega7337/
Mtegoa736/
Mtegga734/
Mtegia731/
Mtegaa731/
Mthengi6762/
Mteedzi6728/
Mtegaya674/
Mtieche672/

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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 Mtege
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