Mtende Surname
Approximately 3,080 people bear this surname
Mtende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,333 | 1:34,644 | 3,753 |
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Tanzania | 764 | 1:69,295 | 7,304 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mtende (2,044) may also be a first name.
Mtende Demographics
Mtende Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mtende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtende occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 144,280th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,366,086 people. The last name Mtende occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtende reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 166,841st most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 2,044 people.
The last name Mtende is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,333 people, or 1 in 34,644. In Kenya Mtende is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 72 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 16 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent are found and Tanzania, where 25 percent are found.
Mtende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mtende last name is chiefly Christian (52%) in Kenya.
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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 Mtende
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