Mtelela Surname

584,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mtelela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mtelela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4021:131,69612,316
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mtelela Last Name Facts

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

Mtelela is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mtelela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtelela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 584,278th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname Mtelela is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtelela reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mtelela is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 131,696. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 84 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live and Pwani Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtelelah934/
Mtolela861,507/
Mteleli86114/
Mtelele8613/
Mtelelo863/
Mthelelo8058/
Mtheleli8021/
Mtilila7188/
Mtolola711/
Mteulilo671/
Mtalala57195/
Mtolilo5710/
Mtololo576/
Mtilili572/
Mtylala571/
Mthalala532/
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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 Mtelela
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