Mtem Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Mtem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2001:885,71438,609
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mtem (301) may also be a first name.

Mtem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtem is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,144,405th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. Mtem is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtem live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mtem is also the 507,810th most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 301 people.

The surname Mtem is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 71 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 29 percent are found and Taraba, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.

Mtem Last Name Statistics demography

Mtem earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.05% less than the national average, earning R 156,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mteme89305/
Mteem894/
Mteum892/
Mhtem891/
Mtiem891/
Mtetme801/
Mtim7533/
Mten7510/
Mtjm752/
Mthembp731/
Mteen6741/
Mtime6712/
Mtaim679/
Mtuen673/
Mteng672/
Mtyom671/
Mtien671/
Mthen671/
Mtteen601/
M'Tien601/
Mtn572,172/
Meheten552/
Mtin5030/
Mtnk504/
Mthn502/
Mmtn501/
Mtng501/
Mtnc501/
Mtnd501/
Mhtn501/

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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 Mtem
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