Mtembei Surname
Approximately 860 people bear this surname
Mtembei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 850 | 1:62,284 | 6,662 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mtembei Demographics
Mtembei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mtembei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtembei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtembei is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtembei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 406,994th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,473,891 people. The last name Mtembei occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtembei are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mtembei is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 850 people, or 1 in 62,284. In Tanzania Mtembei is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 33 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 26 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Mtembei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtembeji | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mtembe | 92 | 566 | / |
| Mtembi | 92 | 87 | / |
| Mthembi | 86 | 1,492 | / |
| Mthembe | 86 | 25 | / |
| Mtembai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mtembie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mthembie | 80 | 46 | / |
| Mtembeyu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mthembui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mtembayi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mthombei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mtembesh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mtemba | 77 | 904 | / |
| Mtambi | 77 | 878 | / |
| Mtimbe | 77 | 414 | / |
| Mtimbi | 77 | 358 | / |
| Mtambe | 77 | 345 | / |
| Mtombe | 77 | 73 | / |
| Mtombi | 77 | 41 | / |
| Mtemwe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Mthmbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mtemby | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mthembeya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mthemba | 71 | 139 | / |
| Mthemwe | 71 | 111 | / |
| Mthemby | 71 | 65 | / |
| Mthambe | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mthimbe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mthambi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mthombe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mthenbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mtimber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mtuemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mthombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhtimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mtaemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mthembau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthembuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtimbayi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mtembei
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