Mtemwe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mtemwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtemwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mtemwe Last Name Facts

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

Mtemwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtemwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtemwe reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe Mtemwe is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 88 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthemwe92111/
Mtembe83566/
Mtemwa8325/
Mtembei77860/
Mthembe7725/
Mthemwa773/
Mtembi6787/
Mtimwa676/
Mtemby674/
Mtimwi671/
Mthembi621,492/
Mthemby6265/
Mtembai622/
Mtimnwi621/
Mtimwii621/
Mthembuy571/
Mthembui571/
Mtimbe50414/
Mtimbi50358/
Mtimve5024/
Mtimue5010/
Mtomve507/
Mthmbe504/
Mtenui501/

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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 Mtemwe
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