Mteme Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Mteme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 268 | 1:197,543 | 16,901 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mteme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mteme occurs most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteme? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mteme is the 883,255th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name Mteme occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mteme live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 197,543. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 98 percent live, Arusha Region, where 0 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtetme | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mtemeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mtem | 89 | 210 | / |
| Mthemeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mtema | 80 | 5,364 | / |
| Mtemi | 80 | 4,805 | / |
| Mtame | 80 | 44 | / |
| Mtime | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mtome | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mteem | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mteum | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mtiem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mhtem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mteimesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtimet | 73 | 107 | / |
| Mtemaa | 73 | 95 | / |
| Mtomea | 73 | 14 | / |
| Mthema | 73 | 5 | / |
| M'Tema | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mthame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtomme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtemyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Temi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtim | 67 | 33 | / |
| M'Timet | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mtjm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mthemgi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthomme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthembp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtahame | 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 Mteme
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