Mtenda Surname
Approximately 1,790 people bear this surname
Mtenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,610 | 1:32,883 | 3,862 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mtenda (16) may also be a first name.
Mtenda Demographics
Average Mtenda Salary in
South Africa
R 195,936
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mtenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtenda occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mtenda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtenda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 226,705th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,071,255 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtenda reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 32,883. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 22 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 19 percent live and Njombe Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Mtenda Last Name Statistics demography
Mtenda earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.55% less than the national average, earning R 195,936 per year.
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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 Mtenda
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